Verse 1
We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, & not to please our selues.
Verse 2
Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.
Verse 3
For Christ also would not please himselfe, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fell on me.
Verse 4
For whatsoeuer things are written aforetime, are writte for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.
Verse 5
Now the God of patience and consolation giue you that ye be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Iesus,
Verse 6
That ye with one minde, and with one mouth may prayse God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Verse 7
Wherefore receiue ye one another, as Christ also receiued vs to the glory of God.
Verse 8
Nowe I say, that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the trueth of God, to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers.
Verse 9
And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.
Verse 10
And againe he saith, Reioyce, ye Gentiles with his people.
Verse 11
And againe, Prayse the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laude ye him, all people together.
Verse 12
And againe Esaias sayth, There shall be a roote of Iesse, and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Verse 13
Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioye, and peace in beleeuing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.
Verse 14
And I my selfe also am perswaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodnes, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.
Verse 15
Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,
Verse 16
That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.
Verse 17
I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.
Verse 18
For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,
Verse 19
With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ.
Verse 20
Yea, so I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should haue built on another mans foundation.
Verse 21
But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.
Verse 22
Therefore also I haue bene oft let to come vnto you:
Verse 23
But nowe seeing I haue no more place in these quarters, and also haue bene desirous many yeeres agone to come vnto you,
Verse 24
When I shal take my iourney into Spaine, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I haue bene somewhat filled with your company.
Verse 25
But now go I to Hierusalem, to minister vnto the Saints.
Verse 26
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certaine distribution vnto the poore Saints which are at Hierusalem.
Verse 27
For it hath pleased them, and their detters are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in carnall things.
Verse 28
When I haue therefore performed this, and haue sealed them this fruite, I will passe by you into Spaine.
Verse 29
And I knowe when I come, that I shall come to you with abundance of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.
Verse 30
Also brethren, I beseeche you for our Lord Iesus Christes sake, and for the loue of the spirit, that ye would striue with me by prayers to God for me,
Verse 31
That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,
Verse 32
That I may come vnto you with ioy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
Verse 33
Thus the God of peace be with you all. Amen.