1 But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.
3 For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
4 For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
5 Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you
6 so that with one mind you may glorify with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, to the glory of God.
8 For I say, Christ has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers,
9 and that the Gentiles may glorify God for
10 And again it says,
11 And again,
12 And again Isaiah says,
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
14 Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that
15 But I have written to you more boldly on
16 with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.
18 For I will not dare to speak about anything except
19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and
20 And so, having as my ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, in order that I will not build on the foundation belonging to someone else,
21 but just as it is written,
22 For this reason also I was hindered many
23 and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you
24 whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope
25 But now I am traveling to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
27 For they were pleased
28 Therefore,
29 and I know that
30 Now I exhort you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to contend along with me in your prayers on my behalf to God,
31 that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
32 so that, coming to you with joy by the will of God, I may rest with you.
33 Now