Romans 14-16 (New American Standard Bible)

Romans 14

Principles of Conscience

 ¹Now ^(A)accept the one who is ^(B)weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.

 ^2(C)One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is ^(D)weak eats vegetables only.

 ³The one who eats is not to ^(E)regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to ^(F)judge the one who eats, for God has ^(G)accepted him.

 ^4(H)Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

 ^5(I)One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike Each person must be ^(J)fully convinced in his own mind.

 ⁶He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he ^(K)gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.

 ⁷For not one of us ^(L)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

 ⁸for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^(M)whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

 ⁹For to this end ^(N)Christ died and lived again, that He might be ^(O)Lord both of the dead and of the living.

 ¹⁰But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you ^(P)regard your brother with contempt? For ^(Q)we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

 ¹¹For it is written,
         "^(R)AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, ^(S)EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME,
         AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD."

 ¹²So then ^(T)each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

 ¹³Therefore let us not ^(U)judge one another anymore, but rather determine this--^(V)not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way.

 ¹⁴I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that ^(W)nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who ^(X)thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

 ¹⁵For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer ^(Y)walking according to love ^(Z)Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

 ¹⁶Therefore ^(AA)do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;

 ¹⁷for the kingdom of God ^(AB)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^(AC)peace and ^(AD)joy in the Holy Spirit.

 ¹⁸For he who in this way ^(AE)serves Christ is ^(AF)acceptable to God and approved by men.

 ¹⁹So then ^[a]we ^(AG)pursue the things which make for peace and the ^(AH)building up of one another.

 ^20(AI)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food ^(AJ)All things indeed are clean, but ^(AK)they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

 ^21(AL)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.

 ²²The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who ^(AM)does not condemn himself in what he approves.

 ²³But ^(AN)he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

Romans 15

Self-denial on Behalf of Others

 ¹Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of ^(AO)those without strength and not just please ourselves.

 ²Each of us is to ^(AP)please his neighbor for his good, to his ^(AQ)edification.

 ³For even ^(AR)Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "^(AS)THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME."

 ⁴For ^(AT)whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

 ⁵Now may the ^(AU)God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you ^(AV)to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

 ⁶so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify ^(AW)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 ⁷Therefore, ^(AX)accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

 ⁸For I say that Christ has become a servant to ^(AY)the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm ^(AZ)the promises given to the fathers,

 ⁹and for ^(BA)the Gentiles to ^(BB)glorify God for His mercy; as it is written,
         "^(BC)THEREFORE I WILL GIVE PRAISE TO YOU AMONG THE GENTILES,
         AND I WILL SING TO YOUR NAME."

 ¹⁰Again he says,
         "^(BD)REJOICE, O GENTILES, WITH HIS PEOPLE."

 ¹¹And again,
         "^(BE)PRAISE THE LORD ALL YOU GENTILES,
         AND LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE HIM."

 ¹²Again Isaiah says,
         "^(BF)THERE SHALL COME ^(BG)THE ROOT OF JESSE,
         AND HE WHO ARISES TO RULE OVER THE GENTILES,
         ^(BH)IN HIM SHALL THE GENTILES HOPE."

 ¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all ^(BI)joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope ^(BJ)by the power of the Holy Spirit.

 ¹⁴And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of ^(BK)goodness, filled with ^(BL)all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.

 ¹⁵But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of ^(BM)the grace that was given me from God,

 ¹⁶to be ^(BN)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the ^(BO)gospel of God, so that my ^(BP)offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

 ¹⁷Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found ^(BQ)reason for boasting in ^(BR)things pertaining to God.

 ¹⁸For I will not presume to speak of anything except what ^(BS)Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

 ¹⁹in the power of ^(BT)signs and wonders, ^(BU)in the power of the Spirit; so that ^(BV)from Jerusalem and round about as ^(BW)far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

 ²⁰And thus I aspired to ^(BX)preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, ^(BY)so that I would not build on another man's foundation;

 ²¹but as it is written,
         "^(BZ)THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE,
         AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND."

 ²²For this reason ^(CA)I have often been prevented from coming to you;

 ²³but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I ^(CB)have had for many years a longing to come to you

 ²⁴whenever I ^(CC)go to Spain--for I hope to see you in passing, and to be ^(CD)helped on my way there by you, when I have first ^(CE)enjoyed your company for a while--

 ²⁵but now, ^(CF)I am going to Jerusalem ^(CG)serving the saints.

 ²⁶For ^(CH)Macedonia and ^(CI)Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

 ²⁷Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For ^(CJ)if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.

 ²⁸Therefore, when I have finished this, and ^(CK)have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will ^(CL)go on by way of you to Spain.

 ²⁹I know that when ^(CM)I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

 ³⁰Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^(CN)the love of the Spirit, to ^(CO)strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

 ³¹that I may be ^(CP)rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my ^(CQ)service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the ^(CR)saints;

 ³²so that ^(CS)I may come to you in joy by ^(CT)the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company.

 ³³Now ^(CU)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Romans 16

Greetings and Love Expressed

 ¹I ^(CV)commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at ^(CW)Cenchrea;

 ²that you ^(CX)receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the ^(CY)saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well.

 ³Greet ^(CZ)Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers ^(DA)in ^(DB)Christ Jesus,

 ⁴who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

 ⁵also greet ^(DC)the church that is in their house Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the ^(DD)first convert to Christ from ^(DE)Asia.

 ⁶Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

 ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junias, my ^(DF)kinsmen and my ^(DG)fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, who also were ^(DH)in Christ before me.

 ⁸Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.

 ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker ^(DI)in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

 ¹⁰Greet Apelles, the approved ^(DJ)in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

 ¹¹Greet Herodion, my ^(DK)kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

 ¹²Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord.

 ¹³Greet ^(DL)Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

 ¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the brethren with them.

 ¹⁵Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all ^(DM)the saints who are with them.

 ^16(DN)Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

 ¹⁷Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances ^(DO)contrary to the teaching which you learned, and ^(DP)turn away from them.

 ¹⁸For such men are ^(DQ)slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of ^(DR)their own appetites; and by their ^(DS)smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

 ¹⁹For the report of your obedience ^(DT)has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but ^(DU)I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

 ^20(DV)The God of peace will soon crush ^(DW)Satan under your feet ^(DX)The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

 ^21(DY)Timothy my fellow worker greets you, and so do ^(DZ)Lucius and ^(EA)Jason and ^(EB)Sosipater, my ^(EC)kinsmen.

 ²²I, Tertius, who ^(ED)write this letter, greet you in the Lord.

 ^23(EE)Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you ^(EF)Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.

 ²⁴[^[b]The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]

 ^25(EG)Now to Him who is able to establish you ^(EH)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of ^(EI)the mystery which has been kept secret for ^(EJ)long ages past,

 ²⁶but now is manifested, and by ^(EK)the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to ^(EL)obedience of faith;

 ²⁷to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, ^(EM)be the glory forever. Amen.