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| [1]And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; |
[1]We which are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. |
| [2]for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification, |
[2]Therefore let every man please his neighbor in that that is good to edification. |
| [3]for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;' |
[3]For Christ also would not please himself, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fell on me. |
| [4]for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope. |
[4]For whatsoever things are written aforetime, are written for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. |
| [5]And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus; |
[5]Now the God of patience and consolation give you that ye be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus, |
| [6]that with one accord -- with one mouth -- ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
[6]That ye with one mind, and with one mouth may praise God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| [7]wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God. |
[7]Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. |
| [8]And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers, |
[8]Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers. |
| [9]and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,' |
[9]And let the Gentiles praise God for his mercy, as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy Name. |
| [10]and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;' |
[10]And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles with his people. |
| [11]and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;' |
[11]And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud ye him, all people together. |
| [12]and again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations -- upon him shall nations hope;' |
[12]And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust. |
| [13]and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit. |
[13]Now the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost. |
| [14]And I am persuaded, my brethren -- I myself also -- concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish; |
[14]And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another. |
| [15]and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God, |
[15]Nevertheless brethren, I have somewhat boldly after a sort written unto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is given me of God, |
| [16]for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. |
[16]That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. |
| [17]I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God, |
[17]I have therefore whereof I may rejoice in Christ Jesus in those things which pertain to God. |
| [18]for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed, |
[18]For I dare not speak of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in word and deed, |
| [19]in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ; |
[19]With the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have caused to abound the Gospel of Christ. |
| [20]and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named -- that upon another's foundation I might not build -- |
[20]Yea, so I enforced myself to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should have built on another mans foundation. |
| [21]but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.' |
[21]But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall understand him. |
| [22]Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you, |
[22]Therefore also I have been oft let to come unto you. |
| [23]and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years, |
[23]But now seeing I have no more place in these quarters, and also have been desirous many years ago to come unto you, |
| [24]when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled. |
[24]When I shall take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I have been somewhat filled with your company. |
| [25]And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; |
[25]But now go I to Jerusalem, to minister unto the Saints. |
| [26]for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem; |
[26]For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certain distribution unto the poor Saints which are at Jerusalem. |
| [27]for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them. |
[27]For it hath pleased them, and their debtors are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. |
| [28]This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain; |
[28]When I have therefore performed this, and have sealed them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain. |
| [29]and I have known that coming unto you -- in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come. |
[29]And I know when I come, that I shall come to you with abundance of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ. |
| [30]And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God, |
[30]Also brethren I beseech you for our Lord Jesus Christs sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye would strive with me by prayers to God for me. |
| [31]that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that [is] for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints; |
[31]That I may be delivered from them which are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have to do at Jerusalem, may be accepted of the Saints, |
| [32]that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you, |
[32]That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. |
| [33]and the God of the peace [be] with you all. Amen. |
[33]Thus the God of peace be with you all. Amen. |