New Testament in a Year

15 Some of us trust God with strong faith. We must help those believers whose faith is weaker. We must be patient with them. We should not just do things that will make us happy ourselves. ² Instead, each of us should do things that will make other believers happy. We should help them to trust God more strongly. ³ Even Christ did not just do things that would make himself happy. It is written in the Bible that he said this: ‘People have insulted you, God. In that way they have also insulted me.’^[a]

⁴ Everything that people wrote in the Bible in past times is there to teach us something. Those words help us to be patient and strong. As a result, we can trust God to do what he has promised.

⁵ It is God himself who helps us to be patient and strong. So I pray that he will help you to agree with each other and to be friends. That is how Christ Jesus wants you to live. ⁶ As a result, all of you will praise God together with the same thoughts. You will all agree that God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is very great.

Christ saves both Jews and Gentiles

⁷ Christ has accepted you, so you must accept each other. In that way you will be praising God. ⁸ Remember this: Christ became a servant of the Jews so that they could understand God's true message. He showed them that God has now done what he promised to their ancestors.^{[b] 9} The Gentiles also praise God because he has been kind to them. This is written in the Bible:

¹⁰ It says also in the Bible:

¹¹ It also says this:

¹² God's prophet Isaiah says this:

¹³ God is the one who causes us to hope for good things. I pray that God will bless you very much. I pray that he will cause you to be happy and to have peace in your minds. He will do this because you believe in him. As a result, God's Holy Spirit will make you strong with his power, so that you hope even more certainly.