Romans 15

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¹Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not just please ourselves. ✦ ²Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. ✦ ³For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on Me.” ✦ ⁴For 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 God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another, according to Christ Jesus, ✦ ⁶so that with one purpose and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ✦ ⁷Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God. ✦ ⁸For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision in behalf of the truth of God, to confirm the promises given to the fathers, ✦ ⁹and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written: “Therefore I will give praise to You among the Gentiles, And I will sing praises to Your name.” ✦ ¹⁰Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.” ✦ ¹¹And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, And let all the peoples praise Him.” ✦ ¹²Again Isaiah says, “There shall come the root of Jesse, And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles, In Him will the Gentiles hope.” ✦ ¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ✦ ¹⁴And concerning you, my brothers and sisters, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with 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 the grace that was given to me from God, ✦ ¹⁶to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ✦ ¹⁷Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God. ✦ ¹⁸For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed, ✦ ¹⁹in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. ✦ ²⁰And in this way I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already known by name, so that I would not build on another person’s foundation; ✦ ²¹but just as it is written: “They who have not been told about Him will see, And they who have not heard will understand.” ✦ ²²For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you; ✦ ²³but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you ✦ ²⁴whenever I go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while— ✦ ²⁵but now, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints. ✦ ²⁶For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. ✦ ²⁷For they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to do them a service also in material things. ✦ ²⁸Therefore, when I have finished this, and have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will go on by way of you to Spain. ✦ ²⁹I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. ✦ ³⁰Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, ✦ ³¹that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints; ✦ ³²so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and relax in your company. ✦ ³³Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Rom 15 ·16 Rom 1 ·9 Acts 20 ·7 Eph 1 ·7 Phil 2 ·6 2 Tim 1 ·6 2 Cor 12 ·6 1 Pet 1 ·6

Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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SermonGrace to You — John MacArthurJohn MacArthur · Free · reformed
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SermonGospel in Life — Tim KellerTim Keller · Free · reformed
Tim Keller's gospel-centered preaching — sermons stream free (the complete downloadable archive is paid).
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Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Romans 15David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
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The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
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