| 15:1 | We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. |
| 15:2 | Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. |
| 15:3 | For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. |
| 15:4 | For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. |
| 15:5 | Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: |
| 15:6 | That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 15:7 | Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. |
| 15:8 | 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: |
| 15:9 | And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. |
| 15:10 | And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. |
| 15:11 | And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. |
| 15:12 | 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. |
| 15:13 | 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. |
| 15:14 | And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. |
| 15:15 | Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, |
| 15:16 | That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. |
| 15:16 | 使我為外邦人作基督耶穌的僕役、作 神福音的祭司、叫所獻上的外邦人、因著聖靈、成為聖潔、可蒙悅納。 |
| 15:16 | 使我为外邦人作基督耶稣的仆役，作神福音的祭司，叫所献上的外邦人，因着圣灵，成为圣洁，可蒙悦纳。 |
| rom:11:13 | For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: |
| isa:66:20 | And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. |
| phl:2:17 | Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. |
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| 15:17 | I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. |
| 15:18 | For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, |
| 15:19 | Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. |
| 15:20 | Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: |
| 15:21 | But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. |
| 15:22 | For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. |
| 15:23 | But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; |
| 15:24 | Whensoever I 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, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. |
| 15:25 | But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. |
| 15:26 | For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. |
| 15:27 | It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. |
| 15:28 | When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. |
| 15:29 | And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. |
| 15:30 | Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; |
| 15:31 | That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; |
| 15:32 | That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. |
| 15:33 | Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. |
