Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
- KJV Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
- NKJV Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
- NASB Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God.
- NLT Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory.
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Quick answer
Welcome one another, just as Christ welcomed you, to the glory of God. Christ's gracious reception of us is both the ground and the measure of how we receive each other.
Overview
This verse caps the whole section (14:1-15:13), returning to the opening command to 'accept.' Now the pattern is explicit: as Christ received us, sinners undeserving and diverse, so we are to receive one another across the weak/strong divide. Such mutual acceptance redounds to God's glory. The gospel of grace is not only the message but the model of church life.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- Rom 14:1–3Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
- Rom 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
- Mark 9:37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”
- Luke 9:48And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”
- Eph 1:6–8to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- 2 Th 1:10–12on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
- Luke 15:2So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Eph 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Matt 11:28–30Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- Eph 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
- Rom 15:9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
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