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1Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.

1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building him up.

2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

3For even the Messiah did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

4For everything that was written long ago was written to instruct us, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.

4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow the Messiah Jesus,

5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

6so that with one mind and one voice you might glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you, for the glory of God.

7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

8For I tell you that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth in order to confirm the promises given to our ancestors,

8Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

9so that the gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "That is why I will praise you among the gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."

9And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

10Again he says, "Rejoice, you gentiles, with his people!"

10And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11And again, "Praise the Lord, all you gentiles! Let all the nations praise him."

11And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

12And again, Isaiah says, "There will be a Root from Jesse. He will rise up to rule the gentiles, and the gentiles will hope in him."

12And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

13Now may God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you believe, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

13Now 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.

14I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are filled with goodness and full of all the knowledge you need to be able to instruct each other.

14And 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.

15However, on some points I have written to you rather boldly, both as a reminder to you and because of the grace given me by God

15Nevertheless, 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,

16to be a minister of the Messiah Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering brought by gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

16That 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.

17Therefore, in the Messiah Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God.

17I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

18For I am bold enough to tell you only about what the Messiah has accomplished through me in bringing gentiles to obedience. By my words and actions,

18For 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,

19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God's Spirit, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of the Messiah from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum.

19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

20My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of the Messiah is not known, so I don't build on someone else's foundation.

20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

21Rather, as it is written, "Those who were never told about him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."

21But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

22This is why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.

22For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

23But now, having no further opportunities in these regions, I want to come to you, as I've desired to do for many years.

23But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

24Now that I am on my way to Spain, I hope to see you when I come your way and, after I have enjoyed your company for a while, to be sent on by you.

24Whensoever 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.

25Right now, however, I'm going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints,

25But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

26because the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have been eager to share their resources with the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

26For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

27Yes, they were eager to do this, and in fact they are obligated to help them, for if the gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to be of service to them in material things.

27It 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.

28So when I have completed this task and have put my seal on this contribution of theirs, I will visit you on my way to Spain.

28When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

29And I know that when I come to you I will come with the full blessing of the Messiah.

29And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and by the love that the Spirit produces, to join me in my struggle, earnestly praying to God for me

30Now 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;

31that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

31That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

32and that if it's God's will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.

32That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

33Now may the God who grants peace be with all of you! Amen.

33Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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