Romans 15

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. ⁸For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews^[b]^(K) on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises^(L) made to the patriarchs might be confirmed ⁹and, moreover, that the Gentiles^(M) might glorify God^(N) for his mercy. As it is written:

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”^[c]^(O)

¹⁰Again, it says,

“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”^[d]^(P)

¹¹And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”^[e]^(Q)

¹²And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse^(R) will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”^[f]^(S)

¹³May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace^(T) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.^(U)

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

¹⁴I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,^(V) filled with knowledge^(W) and competent to instruct one another. ¹⁵Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me^(X) ¹⁶to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.^(Y) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,^(Z) so that the Gentiles might become an offering^(AA) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus^(AB) in my service to God.^(AC) ¹⁸I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles^(AD) to obey God^(AE) by what I have said and done— ¹⁹by the power of signs and wonders,^(AF) through the power of the Spirit of God.^(AG) So from Jerusalem^(AH) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.^(AI) ²⁰It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel^(AJ) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.^(AK) ²¹Rather, as it is written:

“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”^[g]^(AL)

²²This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.^(AM)

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

²³But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,^(AN) ²⁴I plan to do so when I go to Spain.^(AO) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist^(AP) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. ²⁵Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem^(AQ) in the service^(AR) of the Lord’s people^(AS) there. ²⁶For Macedonia^(AT) and Achaia^(AU) were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.^(AV) ²⁷They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.^(AW) ²⁸So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain^(AX) and visit you on the way. ²⁹I know that when I come to you,^(AY) I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

³⁰I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit,^(AZ) to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.^(BA) ³¹Pray that I may be kept safe^(BB) from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution^(BC) I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people^(BD) there, ³²so that I may come to you^(BE) with joy, by God’s will,^(BF) and in your company be refreshed.^(BG) ³³The God of peace^(BH) be with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9
Romans 15:8 Greek circumcision
Romans 15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
Romans 15:10 Deut. 32:43
Romans 15:11 Psalm 117:1
Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)
Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)

Romans 15

Darby Translation

15 But *we* ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

²Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.

³For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

⁴For 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.

⁵Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

⁶that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to [the] glory of God.

⁸For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for [the] truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

⁹and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.

¹⁰And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

¹¹And again, Praise the Lord, all [ye] nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

¹²And 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.

¹³Now the God 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.

¹⁴But 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.

¹⁵But I have written to you the more boldly, [brethren,] in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,

¹⁶for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁷I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.

¹⁸For 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,

¹⁹in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the] Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

²⁰and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

²¹but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

²²Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you.

²³But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,

²⁴whenever 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;)

²⁵but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

²⁶for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem.

²⁷They 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.

²⁸Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.

²⁹But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in [the] fulness of [the] blessing of Christ.

³⁰But 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 to God;

³¹that 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;

³²in order that I may come to you in joy by God's will, and that I may be refreshed with you.

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

Romans 15

New King James Version

Bearing Others’ Burdens

15 We ^(A)then who are strong ought to bear with the ^[a]scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ²^(B)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to ^[b]edification. ³^(C)For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, ^(D)“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” ⁴For ^(E)whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the ^[c]patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. ⁵^(F)Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, ⁶that you may ^(G)with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Glorify God Together

⁷Therefore ^(H)receive one another, just ^(I)as Christ also received ^[d]us, to the glory of God. ⁸Now I say that ^(J)Jesus Christ has become a ^[e]servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, ^(K)to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ⁹and ^(L)that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:

^(M)“For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,
And sing to Your name.”

¹⁰And again he says:

^(N)“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”

¹¹And again:

^(O)“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!”

¹²And again, Isaiah says:

^(P)“There shall be a root of Jesse;
And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,
In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”

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

From Jerusalem to Illyricum

¹⁴Now ^(R)I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, ^(S)filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish ^[f]one another. ¹⁵Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, ^(T)because of the grace given to me by God, ¹⁶that ^(U)I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the ^(V)offering ^[g]of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus ^(W)in the things which pertain to God. ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things ^(X)which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, ^(Y)to make the Gentiles obedient— ¹⁹^(Z)in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. ²⁰And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, ^(AA)lest I should build on another man’s foundation, ²¹but as it is written:

^(AB)“To whom He was not announced, they shall see;
And those who have not heard shall understand.”

Plan to Visit Rome

²²For this reason ^(AC)I also have been much hindered from coming to you. ²³But now no longer having a place in these parts, and ^(AD)having a great desire these many years to come to you, ²⁴whenever I journey to Spain, ^[h]I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, ^(AE)and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may ^(AF)enjoy your company for a while. ²⁵But now ^(AG)I am going to Jerusalem to ^[i]minister to the saints. ²⁶For ^(AH)it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. ²⁷It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For ^(AI)if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, ^(AJ)their duty is also to minister to them in material things. ²⁸Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them ^(AK)this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain. ²⁹^(AL)But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing ^[j]of the gospel of Christ.

³⁰Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and ^(AM)through the love of the Spirit, ^(AN)that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, ³¹^(AO)that I may be delivered from those in Judea who ^[k]do not believe, and that ^(AP)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, ³²^(AQ)that I may come to you with joy ^(AR)by the will of God, and may ^(AS)be refreshed together with you. ³³Now ^(AT)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

Romans 15:1 weaknesses
Romans 15:2 building up
Romans 15:4 perseverance
Romans 15:7 NU, M you
Romans 15:8 minister
Romans 15:14 M others
Romans 15:16 Consisting of
Romans 15:24 NU omits I shall come to you and joins Spain with the next sentence.
Romans 15:25 serve
Romans 15:29 NU omits of the gospel
Romans 15:31 are disobedient

Romanos 15

La Biblia de las Américas

15 Así que, nosotros los que somos fuertes, debemos sobrellevar las flaquezas de los débiles^(A) y no agradarnos a nosotros mismos. ²Cada uno de nosotros agrade a su prójimo en lo que es bueno para su edificación^[a]^(B). ³Pues ni aun Cristo se agradó a sí mismo^(C); antes bien, como está escrito: Los vituperios de los que te injuriaban cayeron sobre mi^(D). ⁴Porque todo lo que fue escrito en tiempos pasados, para nuestra enseñanza se escribió^(E), a fin de que por medio de la paciencia^[b] y del consuelo de las Escrituras tengamos esperanza. ⁵Y que el Dios de la paciencia^[c] y del consuelo^(F) os conceda tener el mismo sentir los unos para con los otros^(G) conforme a Cristo Jesús, ⁶para que unánimes, a una voz^[d], glorifiquéis al Dios y Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo^(H).

El evangelio a los gentiles

⁷Por tanto, aceptaos los unos a los otros^(I), como también Cristo nos^[e] aceptó para gloria de Dios. ⁸Pues os digo que Cristo se hizo servidor de la circuncisión^(J) para demostrar la verdad de Dios, para confirmar las promesas dadas a los padres^(K), ⁹y para que los gentiles^(L) glorifiquen a Dios^(M) por su misericordia; como está escrito:

Por tanto, te confesaré entre los gentiles,
y a tu nombre cantaré^(N).

¹⁰Y vuelve a decir:

Regocijaos, gentiles, con su pueblo^(O).

¹¹Y de nuevo:

Alabad al Señor todos los gentiles,
y alábenle todos los pueblos^(P).

¹²Y a su vez, Isaías dice:

Retoñará^[f] la raíz de Isaí^(Q),
el que se levanta a regir a los gentiles;
los gentiles pondrán en Él su esperanza^(R).

¹³Y el Dios de la esperanza os llene de todo gozo y paz^(S) en el creer, para que abundéis en esperanza por el poder del Espíritu Santo^(T).

¹⁴En cuanto a vosotros, hermanos míos, yo mismo estoy también convencido de que vosotros estáis llenos de bondad^(U), llenos de todo conocimiento^(V) y capaces también de amonestaros los unos a los otros. ¹⁵Pero os he escrito con atrevimiento sobre algunas cosas^[g], para así hacer que las recordéis otra vez, por la gracia que me fue dada por Dios^(W), ¹⁶para ser ministro de Cristo Jesús a los gentiles^(X), ministrando a manera de sacerdote^[h] el evangelio de Dios^(Y), a fin de que la ofrenda que hago de los gentiles sea aceptable^(Z), santificada por el Espíritu Santo. ¹⁷Por tanto, en Cristo Jesús he hallado razón para gloriarme^(AA) en las cosas que se refieren a Dios^(AB). ¹⁸Porque no me atreveré a hablar de nada sino de lo que Cristo ha hecho^[i] por medio de mí^(AC) para la obediencia de los gentiles, en palabra y en obra, ¹⁹con el poder de señales^[j] y prodigios^(AD), en el poder del Espíritu^(AE) de Dios; de manera que desde Jerusalén^(AF) y por los alrededores hasta el Ilírico^(AG) he predicado en toda su plenitud^[k] el evangelio de Cristo. ²⁰De esta manera me esforcé en anunciar el evangelio^(AH), no donde Cristo ya era conocido^[l], para no edificar sobre el fundamento de otro^(AI); ²¹sino como está escrito:

Aquellos a quienes nunca les fue anunciado acerca de Él, verán,
y los que no han oído, entenderán^(AJ).

Anhelo de Pablo de visitar Roma

²²Por esta razón muchas veces me he visto impedido de ir a vosotros^(AK), ²³pero ahora, no quedando ya^[m] más lugares^[n] para mí en estas regiones, y puesto que por muchos años he tenido un gran deseo de ir a vosotros^(AL), ²⁴cuando vaya a España^(AM) iré a vosotros. Porque espero veros al pasar y que me ayudéis a continuar hacia allá^(AN), después de que haya disfrutado un poco^[o] de vuestra compañía^(AO). ²⁵Pero ahora voy a Jerusalén^(AP) para el servicio de los santos^(AQ), ²⁶pues Macedonia^(AR) y Acaya^(AS) han tenido a bien hacer una colecta para los pobres de entre los santos que están en Jerusalén. ²⁷Sí, tuvieron a bien hacerlo, y a la verdad que están en deuda con ellos. Porque si los gentiles han participado de sus bienes espirituales, también están obligados a servir a los santos^[p] en los bienes materiales^(AT). ²⁸Así que cuando haya cumplido esto y les haya entregado esta ofrenda^[q]^(AU), iré a España llegando de paso a veros^(AV). ²⁹Y sé que cuando vaya a vosotros^(AW), iré en la plenitud de la bendición de Cristo.

³⁰Os ruego, hermanos, por nuestro Señor Jesucristo y por el amor del Espíritu^(AX), que os esforcéis juntamente conmigo en vuestras oraciones a Dios por mí^(AY), ³¹para que sea librado^(AZ) de los que son desobedientes^[r] en Judea, y que mi servicio a Jerusalén^(BA) sea aceptable a los santos^(BB), ³²y para que con gozo llegue a vosotros^(BC) por la voluntad de Dios^(BD), y encuentre confortante reposo con vosotros. ³³El Dios de paz sea con todos vosotros^(BE). Amén.

Footnotes

Romanos 15:2 Lit., para lo que es bueno para edificación
Romanos 15:4 O, perseverancia
Romanos 15:5 O, perseverancia
Romanos 15:6 Lit., con una boca
Romanos 15:7 Muchos mss. dicen: os
Romanos 15:12 Lit., Estará
Romanos 15:15 O, sobre algunos puntos
Romanos 15:16 I.e., oficiar, ejercer el culto sagrado
Romanos 15:18 O, de nada que Cristo no haya logrado
Romanos 15:19 O, milagros
Romanos 15:19 Lit., he cumplido
Romanos 15:20 Lit., nombrado
Romanos 15:23 Lit., no teniendo
Romanos 15:23 Lit., lugar
Romanos 15:24 Lit., en parte
Romanos 15:27 Lit., a ellos
Romanos 15:28 Lit., les haya sellado este fruto a ellos
Romanos 15:31 O, incrédulos

New International Version (NIV)