Romans 15:1-7

New International Reader's Version

15 We who have strong faith should help the weak with their problems. We should not please only ourselves. ²Each of us should please our neighbors. Let us do what is good for them in order to build them up. ³Even Christ did not please himself. It is written, “The bad things people have said about you have been aimed at me also.” (Psalm 69:9) ⁴Everything written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us strength to go on. They encourage us and give us hope.

⁵Our God is a God who strengthens and encourages you. May he give you the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had. ⁶Then you can give glory to God with one mind and voice. He is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷Christ has accepted you. So accept one another in order to bring praise to God.

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Romans 15:1-7

New International Version

15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak^(A) and not to please ourselves. ²Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,^(B) to build them up.^(C) ³For even Christ did not please himself^(D) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”^[a]^(E) ⁴For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,^(F) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

⁵May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind^(G) toward each other that Christ Jesus had, ⁶so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify^(H) the God and Father^(I) of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷Accept one another,^(J) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

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