Romans 15
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We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.
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For even Christ pleased not himself; but,
as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell
on me. Ps. 69.9
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For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience
and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
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Now the God of patience and consolation
grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ
Jesus:
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that ye may with one mind and one
mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
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The Gospel to the
Gentiles |
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Wherefore receive ye one another, as
Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
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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:
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and that the Gentiles might glorify God
for his mercy; as it is written,
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For this cause I will confess to thee among the
Gentiles, |
and sing unto thy name. 2 Sam.
22.50 · Ps.
18.49 |
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And again he saith,
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And again,
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Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; |
and laud him, all ye people. Ps.
117.1 |
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And again, Isaiah saith,
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There shall be a root of Jesse, |
and he that shall rise to reign over the
Gentiles; |
in him shall the Gentiles trust. Is.
11.10 |
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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I have therefore whereof I may glory
through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
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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,
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through mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about
unto Illyr'icum, I have fully preached the gospel of
Christ.
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Yea, so have I strived to preach the
gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another
man's foundation:
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but as it is written,
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To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: |
and they that have not heard shall understand. Is.
52.15 |
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Paul Plans to Visit
Rome |
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For which cause also I have been much
hindered from coming to you. Rom. 1.13
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But now having no more place in these
parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto
you;
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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.
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But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister
unto the saints.
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For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and
Achai'a to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are
at Jerusalem. 1 Cor. 16.1-4
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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. 1 Cor. 9.11
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When therefore I have performed this, and
have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into
Spain.
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And I am sure that, when I come unto you,
I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of
Christ.
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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;
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that I may be delivered from them that do
not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for
Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
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that I may come unto you with joy by the
will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
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Now the God of peace be with you
all. Amen.
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