We who are strong ought to bear with the faillings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written," The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me,"
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so taht through endurance and the encouragement of the Scrioptures we might have hope.
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,
so that with one heart and mouth ypu may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Accept one another, then just as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to Go-
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriachs
so that the Gentiles may gporigy God for his mercy, as it is written; "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your name,"
Again, it says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, withj his people."
And again, "Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all youn peoples."
And again, Isaiah says,"The Root of jesse will spring up, one who willa rise to rule over the antions; the Gentiles will hope in him
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him. so taht you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I myself am convinced, my vrothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to inplete in knowledge and complent to ins truct on another.
I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again, because of theg race God gave me
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done
by the power of the Spirit, So from Jerusalem all the way around to IIIYRICUM, i have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ
It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known,so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation .
Rather, as it is written,"Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand,"
This is why I have often been hindread from coming to you.
But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regoins, and since I have been longing for many years to see you
I plan to do so when I go to Spain,I hope to visit you while passing tnhrough and to have you assist me on my journey there, affer I have enjoyed your company for a while
Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalin in the service of the saints there.
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contaribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them, For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jew's spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with then their material blessings,
So after I have completed thgis task and have made sure that they have received this fruit, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.
I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
Pray that I may be rescued from teh unbelievers in Judea and that my service in jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
so that by God's will I may come to yoi with joy and together with you be refreshed,
The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
I ask you to receive her in the Lord in away worthy of tehs aints and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many people, including me.
Greet Priscilla and Awuila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
They risked their lives for me, not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
Great also tehc hurch that meets at their house, Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was teh first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you,
Greet An dronocus and Junias, my relatives who have been in prison with me. They are iutstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
Greet Ampliatus, whom I love in the Lord.
Greet Urbanus, our fellow wroker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.
Greet Apelles, tested and approved in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.
Greet Herodion my relative Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.
Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas. Hermas and teh brothers with them.
Greet Philologus, julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
Greet one another with a holy kiss, All teh churches of Christ send greetings.
I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you havemn learned, Keep away from them.
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive peopleEveryone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you: but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.
Everyone has heard about your obedience so I am full of joy over you: but I want you to be wuse about what is good, and innocent about what is evil
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet, The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
I' Tertius, who wrote down this letter, great yu in the Lord.
Gaius, who hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy ,sends you this letter greet you in the Lord
Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy,s ends you his greetings, Erastus, who is thec ity's director of pablic works, and our brother , Wuartus send you their greetings.
Now to him who is able toe stablish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ,a ccording to the revcelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.
but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writtings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him-
to the only wise God be glory firever through Hesus Christ! Amen.