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MODERN LITERAL VERSION 2019 VERSION

15:1 Now we, the able, ought to bear the weaknesses of the powerless and not to please ourselves.

15:2 Let each of us please his neighbor *for what is the good thing toward building him up.

15:3 For* also Christ did not please himself, but, as it has been written, 'The reproaches of those who are reproaching you fell upon me.' {Psa 69:9}

15:4 For* as many things as were written beforehand were written beforehand *for our instruction, in order that through the endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

15:5 Now the God of the endurance and the encouragement should give to you* to be mindful of the same thing among one another according to Christ Jesus,

15:6 in order that you* may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ united with* one mouth.

15:7 Hence receive* one another, just-as Christ also received you*, to the glory of God.

15:8 But I am saying that Christ Jesus has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, *that* he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

15:9 and that the Gentiles are to glorify God on behalf of his mercy; as it has been written, 'Because of this, I will profess you among the Gentiles and sing-praise to your name.' {Psa 18:49}

15:10 And again he says, 'Gentiles be* joyous with his people.' {Deu 32:43}

15:11 And again, 'Praise* the Lord, all the Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise* him.' {Psa 117:1}

15:12 And again, Isaiah says, 'There will be the root of Jesse and he who was raised* up to rule over the Gentiles; upon him the Gentiles will hope.' {Isa 11:1, 10}

15:13 Now the God of hope may fill you* with all joy and peace while* you have believed, *that* you* may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.



15:14 And my brethren, I myself also have confidence concerning you*, that you* yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, being able also to admonish others.

15:15 But I wrote more-daringly to you* brethren individually, as reminding you* again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

15:16 *that* I might be a minister* of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, performing the sacred work of the good-news of God, in order that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, having been made holy in the Holy Spirit.



15:17 Therefore, I have my boasting in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining to God.

15:18 For* I will not dare to speak of anything of the things which Christ did not work through me, except *for the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and works,

15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God, so-then, as for me to have fulfilled the good-news of the Christ from Jerusalem and in a circle, as far as Illyricum.

15:20 And so, I am making it my aim to proclaim the good-news, not where Christ was already named, in order that I might not build upon another's foundation;

15:21 but, as it has been written, 'They will see, to whom it was not reported concerning him and those who have not heard will understand.' {Isa 52:15}



15:22 Hence also, I was being hindered to come to you* these many times,

15:23 but now, having no longer a place in these districts and having a longing to come to you* from many years ago.

15:24 As I should travel through toward Spain, I will be coming to you*, (for* I am hoping to see you* while I am traveling through and to be sent onward from there by you*, if first I may be partially filled from you*).

15:25 But now, I am traveling to Jerusalem, serving the holy-ones.

15:26 For* Macedonia and Achaia were delighted to make* a certain generosity to the poor of the holy-ones in Jerusalem.

15:27 For* they were delighted and they are their debtors. For* if the Gentiles shared in the spiritual things of them, they owe it to them also to minister* to them in the fleshly things.

15:28 Therefore, having completed this thing and having sealed this fruit for them, I will be going away into Spain through you*.

15:29 Now I know while coming to you*, I will be coming in the fullness of the blessing of the good-news of the Christ.



15:30 Now brethren, I am encouraging you* through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love* of the Spirit, to struggle together with me, and on my behalf in your* prayers to God;

15:31 in order that I may be rescued away from those who are disobedient in Judea and in order that my service which I have *for Jerusalem might become acceptable to the holy-ones;

15:32 in order that I may come to you* in joy through the will of God and I may rest together with you*.

15:33 Now the God of peace is with all of you*. Amen.