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Romans 15

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

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

3 For Messiah also didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

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

5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Messiah Yeshua,

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

7 Therefore receive one another, even as Messiah also received you, to the glory of God.

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

9 and that the Goyim might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Goyim, And sing to your name."

10 Again he says, "Rejoice, you Goyim, with his people."

11 Again, "Praise the Lord, all you Goyim! Let all the peoples praise him."

12 Again, Yesha`yahu says, "There will be the root of Yishai, He who arises to rule over the Goyim; On him will the Goyim hope."

13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and shalom in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Ruach HaKodesh.

14 I 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 But I write the more boldly to you in some measure, as putting you again in memory, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

16 that I should be a servant of Messiah Yeshua to the Goyim, serving the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Goyim might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Ruach HaKodesh.

17 I have therefore my boasting in Messiah Yeshua in things pertaining to God.

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

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

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

21 But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."

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

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

24 whenever I journey 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.

25 But now, I say, I am going to Yerushalayim, serving the holy ones.

26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the holy ones who are at Yerushalayim.

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

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

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

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

31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Yehudah, and that my service which I have for Yerushalayim may be acceptable to the holy ones;

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

33 Now the God of shalom be with you all. Amein.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status.

2 Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"

3 That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it.

4 Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next.

5 May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all.

6 Then we'll be a choir - not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

7 So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!

8 Jesus, staying true to God's purposes, reached out in a special way to the Jewish insiders so that the old ancestral promises would come true for them.

9 As a result, the non-Jewish outsiders have been able to experience mercy and to show appreciation to God. Just think of all the Scriptures that will come true in what we do! For instance: Then I'll join outsiders in a hymn-sing; I'll sing to your name!

10 And this one: Outsiders and insiders, rejoice together!

11 And again: People of all nations, celebrate God! All colors and races, give hearty praise!

12 And Isaiah's word: There's the root of our ancestor Jesse, breaking through the earth and growing tree tall, Tall enough for everyone everywhere to see and take hope!

13 Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!

14 Personally, I've been completely satisfied with who you are and what you are doing. You seem to me to be well-motivated and well-instructed, quite capable of guiding and advising one another.

15 So, my dear friends, don't take my rather bold and blunt language as criticism. It's not criticism. I'm simply underlining how very much I need your help in carrying out this highly focused assignment God gave me,

16 this priestly and gospel work of serving the spiritual needs of the non-Jewish outsiders so they can be presented as an acceptable offering to God, made whole and holy by God's Holy Spirit.

17 Looking back over what has been accomplished and what I have observed, I must say I am most pleased - in the context of Jesus, I'd even say proud, but only in that context.

18 I have no interest in giving you a chatty account of my adventures, only the wondrously powerful and transformingly present words and deeds of Christ in me that triggered a believing response among the outsiders.

19 In such ways I have trailblazed a preaching of the Message of Jesus all the way from Jerusalem far into northwestern Greece.

20 This has all been pioneer work, bringing the Message only into those places where Jesus was not yet known and worshiped.

21 My text has been, Those who were never told of him - they'll see him! Those who've never heard of him - they'll get the message!

22 And that's why it has taken me so long to finally get around to coming to you.

23 But now that there is no more pioneering work to be done in these parts, and since I have looked forward to seeing you for many years,

24 I'm planning my visit. I'm headed for Spain, and expect to stop off on the way to enjoy a good visit with you, and eventually have you send me off with God's blessing.

25 First, though, I'm going to Jerusalem to deliver a relief offering to the Christians there.

26 The Greeks - all the way from the Macedonians in the north to the Achaians in the south - decided they wanted to take up a collection for the poor among the believers in Jerusalem.

27 They were happy to do this, but it was also their duty. Seeing that they got in on all the spiritual gifts that flowed out of the Jerusalem community so generously, it is only right that they do what they can to relieve their poverty.

28 As soon as I have done this - personally handed over this "fruit basket" - I'm off to Spain, with a stopover with you in Rome.

29 My hope is that my visit with you is going to be one of Christ's more extravagant blessings.

30 I have one request, dear friends: Pray for me. Pray strenuously with and for me - to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit -

31 that I will be delivered from the lions' den of unbelievers in Judea. Pray also that my relief offering to the Jerusalem Christians will be accepted in the spirit in which it is given.

32 Then, God willing, I'll be on my way to you with a light and eager heart, looking forward to being refreshed by your company.

33 God's peace be with all of you. Oh, yes!