Romans 15 - Shortcode - The Berean Open-Source (BOS) Bible

The weaker brother (continued)

(Parallel teachings: 1 Corinthians 8:1–13; 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1; Galatians 6:1–2)

1 Now, we (the strong) ought to bear with the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building him up.
3 For even the Anointed didn’t please Himself, but just as it’s *written: “The insults of the men insulting you fell on Me.”^fn
4 For whatever was previously written, it was [all] written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures, we might have hope.
5 And may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another in accordance with Jesus the Anointed,
6 so that single-mindedly and with one mouth you might glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Anointed.
7 Therefore, welcome one another just as the Anointed also welcomed [you],^fn to the glory of God.

The work of the Anointed

(Parallel teachings: Galatians 2:7–9; Ephesians 3:1–13)

8 For I say that the Anointed has become a servant to the men of circumcision for the sake of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises given to the forefathers,
9 and a servant to the gentiles for the sake of mercy, to glorify God. Just as it’s *written:
- “Because of this, I will confess praise to you among the gentiles,
- and I will sing to your name.”^fn
10 And again it says:
- “You gentiles, rejoice with His people.”^fn
11 And again:
- “Praise the Lord all you gentiles,
- and exalt Him all peoples.”^fn
12 And again, Isaiah says:
- “There will be the root of Jesse,
- and the One arising to rule over the gentiles;
- on Him the gentiles will hope.”^fn
13 And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for you to overflow in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
14 And my brothers, I myself am also *convinced concerning you, that you yourselves are also full of goodness, *filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.
15 And [brothers,] I wrote to you more boldly, in part as one again reminding you because of the grace which was given to me by God,
16 for me to be a minister of Jesus the Anointed to the gentiles, ministering as a priest of the good news of God so that the offering of the gentiles might become acceptable, having been *made holy by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore in Jesus the Anointed, I have a reason for boasting of the things related to God.
18 For I won’t dare to speak of anything except^fn what the Anointed accomplished through me for the obedience of the gentiles in word and deed,
19 by the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit [of God], in order for me to have fulfilled the proclamation of the good news of the Anointed from Jerusalem, and all around as far as Illyricum.

Paul’s travel plans

(Parallel teachings: 2 Corinthians 10:13-16)

20 And so I’m earnestly striving to proclaim the good news where the Anointed wasn’t named, so that I won’t build on another man’s foundation.
21 But just as it’s *written:
- “To whom it wasn’t reported concerning Him, they will see;
- and men who haven’t heard will understand.”^fn
22 And because of that, I was often being hindered from coming to you.
23 But now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having a yearning to come to you for many years,
24 for I hope to see you while passing through when I travel into Spain,^fn and to be helped onward by you there, if I might first be satisfied in part by your company.

Contribution to the holy ones in Jerusalem

(Parallel accounts: 1 Corinthians 16:1-4, 2 Corinthians 8:1–9:15, and likely Acts 24:17)

25 But now I travel to Jerusalem, ministering to the holy ones.
26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution to the poor holy ones in Jerusalem.
27 For they were pleased and they are their debtors. For if the gentiles shared in their spiritual things, they ought to minister to them in earthly things also.
28 Therefore, having accomplished this and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart through you into Spain.
29 And I *know that when coming to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of [the good news of]^fn the Anointed.
30 And brothers, I urge you through our Lord Jesus the Anointed and through the ^love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God for me,
31 so that I might be rescued from the men in Judea refusing to believe, and so that my service for Jerusalem might be acceptable to the holy ones,
32 so that having come to you with joy through the will of God, I might be refreshed with you.
33 And the God of peace be with you all. Amen.