¹Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves .

²Let each one of us please his neighbour for that which is good , to be building him up .

³For even Christ didn’t please himself . But , as it is written , “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me .”[#Psalms 69:9]

⁴For whatever things were written before were written for our learning , that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope .

⁵Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus ,

⁶that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ .

⁷Therefore accept one another , even as Christ also accepted you , to the glory of God .[#15:7 TR reads “us” instead of “you”]

⁸Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God , that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers ,

⁹and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy . As it is written ,

“Therefore I will give praise to you amongst the Gentiles

and sing to your name .”

¹⁰Again he says ,

“Rejoice , you Gentiles , with his people .”

¹¹Again ,

“Praise the Lord , all you Gentiles !

Let all the peoples praise him .”

¹²Again , Isaiah says ,

“There will be the root of Jesse ,

he who arises to rule over the Gentiles ;

in him the Gentiles will hope .”

¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing , that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit .

¹⁴I myself am also persuaded about you , my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge , able also to admonish others .[#15:14 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”]

¹⁵But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you , because of the grace that was given to me by God ,

¹⁶that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles , serving as a priest of the Good News of God , that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable , sanctified by the Holy Spirit .

¹⁷I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God .

¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles , by word and deed ,

¹⁹in the power of signs and wonders , in the power of God ’s Spirit ; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as to Illyricum , I have fully preached the Good News of Christ ;

²⁰yes , making it my aim to preach the Good News , not where Christ was already named , that I might not build on another ’s foundation .

²¹But , as it is written ,

“They will see , to whom no news of him came .

They who haven’t heard will understand .”

²²Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you ,

²³but now , no longer having any place in these regions , and having these many years a longing to come to you ,

²⁴whenever I travel to Spain , I will come to you . For I hope to see you on my journey , and to be helped on my way there by you , if first I may enjoy your company for a while .

²⁵But now , I say, I am going to Jerusalem , serving the saints.

²⁶For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor amongst the saints who are at Jerusalem .

²⁷Yes , it has been their good pleasure , and they are their debtors . For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things , they owe it to them also to serve them in material things .

²⁸When therefore I have accomplished this , and have sealed to them this fruit , I will go on by way of you to Spain .

²⁹I know that when I come to you , I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ .

³⁰Now I beg you , brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit , that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me ,

³¹that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea , and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

³²that I may come to you in joy through the will of God , and together with you , find rest .

³³Now the God of peace be with you all . Amen.