Romans Chapter 15
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
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And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,
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And bow thou down their back always.
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I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation
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is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
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Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
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But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
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if by any means I may provoke to jealousy
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them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
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For if the casting away of them
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is the reconciling of the world, what
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shall the receiving
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of them be, but life from the dead?
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And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;
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glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
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Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
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Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
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for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
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Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
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And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
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For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural
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branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
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For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
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and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written,
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There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer;
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He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
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And this is my covenant unto them,
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When I shall take away their sins.
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As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
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For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
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For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
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For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
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For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
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Now theGod of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;
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that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify theGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to [the] glory ofGod.
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For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for [the] truth ofGod, to confirm the promises of the fathers;
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and that the nations should glorifyGod for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.
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And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.
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And again, Praise the Lord, all [ye] nations, and let all the peoples laud him.
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And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over [the] nations: in him shall [the] nations hope.
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Now theGod of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by [the] power of [the] Holy Spirit.
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But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
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But I have written to you the more boldly, [brethren,] in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me byGod,
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for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings ofGod, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.
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I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain toGod.
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For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,
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in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the] Spirit ofGod; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;
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and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;
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but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.
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Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you.
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But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,
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whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)
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but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;
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for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem.
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They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.
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Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.
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But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in [the] fulness of [the] blessing of Christ.
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But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me toGod;
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that I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
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in order that I may come to you in joy byGod's will, and that I may be refreshed with you.
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And theGod of peace be with you all. Amen.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Debemus autem nos firmiores imbecillitates infirmorum sustinere, et non nobis placere.
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Unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum, ad ædificationem.
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Etenim Christus non sibi placuit, sed sicut scriptum est: Improperia improperantium tibi ceciderunt super me.
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Quæcumque enim scripta sunt, ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt: ut per patientiam, et consolationem Scripturarum, spem habeamus.
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Deus autem patientiæ, et solatii det vobis idipsum sapere in alterutrum secundum Iesum Christum:
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ut unanimes, uno ore honorificetis Deum, et patrem Domini nostri Iesu Christi.
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Propter quod suscipite invicem, sicut et Christus suscepit vos in honorem Dei.
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Dico enim Christum Iesum ministrum fuisse circumcisionis propter veritatem Dei, ad confirmandas promissiones patrum:
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Gentes autem super misericordia honorare Deum, sicut scriptum est: Propterea confitebor tibi in Gentibus Domine, et nomini tuo cantabo.
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Et iterum dicit: Lætamini Gentes cum plebe eius.
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Et iterum: Laudate omnes Gentes Dominum: et magnificate eum omnes populi.
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Et rursus Isaias ait: Erit radix Iesse, et qui exurget regere Gentes, in eum Gentes sperabunt.
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Deus autem spei repleat vos omni gaudio, et pace in credendo: ut abundetis in spe, et virtute Spiritus sancti.
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Certus sum autem fratres mei et ego ipse de vobis, quoniam et ipsi pleni estis dilectione, repleti omni scientia, ita ut possitis alterutrum monere.
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Audacius autem scripsi vobis fratres ex parte, tamquam in memoriam vos reducens: propter gratiam, quæ data est mihi a Deo,
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ut sim minister Christi Iesu in Gentibus: sanctificans Evangelium Dei, ut fiat oblatio Gentium accepta, et sanctificata in Spiritu sancto.
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Habeo igitur gloriam in Christo Iesu ad Deum.
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Non enim audeo aliquid loqui eorum, quæ per me non efficit Christus in obedientiam Gentium, verbo et factis:
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in virtute signorum, et prodigiorum, in virtute Spiritus sancti: ita ut ab Ierusalem per circuitum usque ad Illyricum repleverim Evangelium Christi.
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Sic autem prædicavi Evangelium hoc, non ubi nominatus est Christus, ne super alienum fundamentum ædificarem:
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sed sicut scriptum est: Quibus non est annunciatum de eo, videbunt: et qui non audierunt, intelligent.
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Propter quod et impediebar plurimum venire ad vos, et prohibitus sum usque adhuc.
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Nunc vero ulterius locum non habens in his regionibus, cupiditatem autem habens veniendi ad vos ex multis iam præcedentibus annis:
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cum in Hispaniam proficisci cœpero, spero quod præteriens videam vos, et a vobis deducar illuc, si vobis primum ex parte fruitus fuero.
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Nunc igitur proficiscar in Ierusalem ministrare sanctis.
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Probaverunt enim Macedonia, et Achaia collationem aliquam facere in pauperes sanctorum, qui sunt in Ierusalem.
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Placuit enim eis: et debitores sunt eorum. Nam si spiritualium eorum participes facti sunt Gentiles: debent et in carnalibus ministrare illis.
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Hoc igitur cum consummavero, et assignavero eis fructum hunc: per vos proficiscar in Hispaniam.
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Scio autem quoniam veniens ad vos, in abundantia benedictionis Evangelii Christi veniam.
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Obsecro ergo vos fratres per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, et per charitatem sancti Spiritus, ut adiuvetis me in orationibus vestris pro me ad Deum,
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ut liberer ab infidelibus, qui sunt in Iudæa, et obsequii mei oblatio accepta fiat in Ierusalem sanctis,
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ut veniam ad vos in gaudio per voluntatem Dei, et refrigerer vobiscum.
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Deus autem pacis sit cum omnibus vobis. Amen.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
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For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
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For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
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Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
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that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
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Now 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,
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and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”
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Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
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Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”
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Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
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Now 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.
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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.
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But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
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that 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.
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I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
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For 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,
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in 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;
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yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
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But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”
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Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
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but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
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whenever 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.
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But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
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For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
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Yes, 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.
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When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.
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I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.
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Now 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,
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that 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,
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that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
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Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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οφειλομεν δε ημεις οι δυνατοι τα ασθενηματα των αδυνατων βασταζειν και μη εαυτοις αρεσκειν
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εκαστος ημων τω πλησιον αρεσκετω εις το αγαθον προς οικοδομην
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και γαρ ο χριστος ουχ εαυτω ηρεσεν αλλα καθως γεγραπται οι ονειδισμοι των ονειδιζοντων σε επεπεσαν επ εμε
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οσα γαρ προεγραφη [παντα] εις την ημετεραν διδασκαλιαν εγραφη ινα δια της υπομονης και δια της παρακλησεως των γραφων την ελπιδα εχωμεν
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ο δε θεος της υπομονης και της παρακλησεως δωη υμιν το αυτο φρονειν εν αλληλοις κατα χριστον ιησουν
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ινα ομοθυμαδον εν ενι στοματι δοξαζητε τον θεον και πατερα του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου
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διο προσλαμβανεσθε αλληλους καθως και ο χριστος προσελαβετο ημας εις δοξαν του θεου
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λεγω γαρ χριστον διακονον γεγενησθαι περιτομης υπερ αληθειας θεου εις το βεβαιωσαι τας επαγγελιας των πατερων
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τα δε εθνη υπερ ελεους δοξασαι τον θεον καθως γεγραπται δια τουτο εξομολογησομαι σοι εν εθνεσιν και τω ονοματι σου ψαλω
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και παλιν λεγει ευφρανθητε εθνη μετα του λαου αυτου
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και παλιν αινειτε παντα τα εθνη τον κυριον και επαινεσατωσαν αυτον παντες οι λαοι
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και παλιν ησαιας λεγει εσται η ριζα του ιεσσαι και ο ανισταμενος αρχειν εθνων επ αυτω εθνη ελπιουσιν
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ο δε θεος της ελπιδος πληρωσαι υμας πασης χαρας και ειρηνης εν τω πιστευειν εις το περισσευειν υμας εν τη ελπιδι εν δυναμει πνευματος αγιου
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πεπεισμαι δε αδελφοι μου και αυτος εγω περι υμων οτι και αυτοι μεστοι εστε αγαθωσυνης πεπληρωμενοι πασης της γνωσεως δυναμενοι και αλληλους νουθετειν
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τολμηροτερως δε εγραψα υμιν απο μερους ως επαναμιμνησκων υμας δια την χαριν την δοθεισαν μοι απο του θεου
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εις το ειναι με λειτουργον χριστου ιησου εις τα εθνη ιερουργουντα το ευαγγελιον του θεου ινα γενηται η προσφορα των εθνων ευπροσδεκτος ηγιασμενη εν πνευματι αγιω
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εχω ουν [την] καυχησιν εν χριστω ιησου τα προς τον θεον
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ου γαρ τολμησω τι λαλειν ων ου κατειργασατο χριστος δι εμου εις υπακοην εθνων λογω και εργω
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εν δυναμει σημειων και τερατων εν δυναμει πνευματος [αγιου] ωστε με απο ιερουσαλημ και κυκλω μεχρι του ιλλυρικου πεπληρωκεναι το ευαγγελιον του χριστου
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ουτως δε φιλοτιμουμενον ευαγγελιζεσθαι ουχ οπου ωνομασθη χριστος ινα μη επ αλλοτριον θεμελιον οικοδομω
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αλλα καθως γεγραπται οψονται οις ουκ ανηγγελη περι αυτου και οι ουκ ακηκοασιν συνησουσιν
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διο και ενεκοπτομην τα πολλα του ελθειν προς υμας
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νυνι δε μηκετι τοπον εχων εν τοις κλιμασιν τουτοις επιποθιαν δε εχων του ελθειν προς υμας απο ικανων ετων
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ως αν πορευωμαι εις την σπανιαν ελπιζω γαρ διαπορευομενος θεασασθαι υμας και υφ υμων προπεμφθηναι εκει εαν υμων πρωτον απο μερους εμπλησθω
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νυνι δε πορευομαι εις ιερουσαλημ διακονων τοις αγιοις
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ηυδοκησαν γαρ μακεδονια και αχαια κοινωνιαν τινα ποιησασθαι εις τους πτωχους των αγιων των εν ιερουσαλημ
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ηυδοκησαν γαρ και οφειλεται εισιν αυτων ει γαρ τοις πνευματικοις αυτων εκοινωνησαν τα εθνη οφειλουσιν και εν τοις σαρκικοις λειτουργησαι αυτοις
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τουτο ουν επιτελεσας και σφραγισαμενος αυτοις τον καρπον τουτον απελευσομαι δι υμων εις σπανιαν
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οιδα δε οτι ερχομενος προς υμας εν πληρωματι ευλογιας χριστου ελευσομαι
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παρακαλω δε υμας [αδελφοι] δια του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου και δια της αγαπης του πνευματος συναγωνισασθαι μοι εν ταις προσευχαις υπερ εμου προς τον θεον
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ινα ρυσθω απο των απειθουντων εν τη ιουδαια και η διακονια μου η εις ιερουσαλημ ευπροσδεκτος τοις αγιοις γενηται
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ινα εν χαρα ελθων προς υμας δια θεληματος θεου συναναπαυσωμαι υμιν
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ο δε θεος της ειρηνης μετα παντων υμων αμην
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;
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for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,
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for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'
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for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.
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And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;
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that with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.
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And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,
9
and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'
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and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'
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and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;'
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and again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations--upon him shall nations hope;'
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and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.
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And I am persuaded, my brethren--I myself also--concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish;
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and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,
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for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17
I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,
18
for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,
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in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;
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and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named--that upon another's foundation I might not build--
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but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'
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Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,
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and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,
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when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.
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And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;
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for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who <FI>are<Fi> in Jerusalem;
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for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.
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This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;
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and I have known that coming unto you--in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.
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And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,
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that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that <FI>is<Fi> for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;
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that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,
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and the God of the peace <FI>be<Fi> with you all. Amen.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).