15: 2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
15: 3 For Christ also pleased not himself; but as it is written, The 197reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.
197Ps 69:9.
15: 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through 198patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
198Or, stedfastness Also in vs. 5.
15: 5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:
15: 6 that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify 199the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
199Or, God and (or, God, even) the Father So also in 2Co 1:3, 11:31; Ep 1:3; 1Pt 1:3.
15: 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received 200you, to the glory of God.
200So ℵCA 1739 33 81 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copbo arm vg. B 048 1506 copsa read us,
15: 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,
15: 9 and that the 201Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, 202Therefore will I 203confess unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.
201Gk. nations (both times) and in vss. 10-12, 16-18. Compare Mt 4:15.
202Ps 18:49 (or 2Sa 22:50).
203Or, give praise
15: 10 And again he saith, 204Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
204Dt 32:43.
15: 11 And again, 205Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.
205Ps 117:1.
15: 12 And again Isaiah saith, 206There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.
206Is 11:10.
15: 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
15: 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
15: 15 But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,
15: 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, 207ministering the 208gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
207Gk. ministering in sacrifice
208See marginal note on ch. 1:1.
15: 17 I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
15: 18 For I will not dare to speak of any 209things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
209Gk. of those things which Christ wrought not through me,
15: 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of 210the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have 211fully preached the 212gospel of Christ;
210So p46ℵ 1506 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. B alone reads the Spirit; A 1739 33 81 cop arm vg read the Holy Spirit;
211Gk. fulfilled Compare Col 1:25.
212See marginal note on ch. 1:1.
15: 20 yes, 213making it my aim so to 214preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man’s foundation;
213Gk. being ambitious to or, I aspire to See 2Co 5:9; 1Ths 4:11.
214See marginal note on ch. 1:15.
15: 21 but, as it is written, 215They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
215Is 52:15.
15: 22 Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:
15: 23 but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,
15: 24 whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company).
15: 25 but now, I say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.
15: 26 For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.
15: 27 Yes, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.
15: 28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain.
15: 29 And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
15: 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by 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 are disobedient in Judea, and that my ministration which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
15: 32 that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.
15: 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
