See God: See His patience, comfort, glory, truth, mercy, hope, and peace. Be comforted with this powerful promise: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly!
Romans 15-16 (NKJV)
15 We then
who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not
to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor
for his good, leading to edification. 3 For
even Christ did
not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of
those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4 For whatever
things were written before were written for our learning, that we
through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have
hope. 5 Now may the God of
patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded
toward one another, according to Christ
Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind
and one mouth glorify the God and
Father of our Lord
.
7 Therefore
receive one another, just as Christ also
received us, to the glory of God. 8 Now
I say that has become a servant to the circumcision
for the truth of God,
to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9 and
that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as
it is written:
“For this
reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your
name.”
10 And
again he says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”
11 And
again: “Praise the Lord,
all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!”
12 And
again, Isaiah says: “There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who
shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall
hope.”
13 Now may
the God of
hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
you may abound in hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
14 Now I
myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are
full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish
one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more
boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of
the grace given to me by God, 16 that
I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to
the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God,
that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by
the Holy
Spirit.17 Therefore
I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus
in the things which
pertain to God. 18 For
I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has
not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles
obedient—19 in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the
Spirit
of God,
so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully
preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And
so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was
named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation, 21 but
as it is written:
“To whom He
was not announced, they shall see;
And those who
have not heard shall understand.”
22 For this
reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you. 23 But
now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great
desire these many years to come to you, 24 whenever I
journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my
journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may
enjoy your company for a while. 25 But now I am
going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For it
pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor among the saints who are in
Jerusalem. 27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their
debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their
spiritual
things, their duty is also to minister to them in
material things. 28 Therefore, when I have performed this
and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to
Spain. 29 But I know that when I come to you, I shall
come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30 Now I
beg you, brethren, through the Lord
, and through the love of the Spirit,
that you strive together with me in prayers to God for
me, 31 that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do
not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to
the saints, 32 that I may come to you with joy by the
will of God,
and may be refreshed together with you. 33 Now the God of
peace be with you all. Amen.
16 I
commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in
Cenchrea, 2 that you may receive her in the Lord in
a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business
she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of
myself also.
3 Greet
Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who
risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks,
but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5 Likewise greet the
church that is in their house.
Greet my beloved
Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ. 6 Greet
Mary, who labored much for us. 7 Greet Andronicus and
Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among
the apostles, who also were in Christ before
me.
8 Greet
Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. 9 Greet
Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ,
and Stachys, my beloved.10 Greet Apelles, approved in Christ.
Greet those who are of the household of
Aristobulus. 11 Greet Herodion, my countryman. Greet
those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in
the Lord.
12 Greet
Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord.
Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord.13 Greet
Rufus, chosen in the Lord,
and his mother and mine. 14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon,
Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are with
them. 15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister,
and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
16 Greet
one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet
you.
17 Now I
urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses,
contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. 18 For
those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ,
but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech
deceive the hearts of the simple. 19 For your obedience has
become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want
you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And
the God
of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of
our Lord
Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen.
21 Timothy,
my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen,
greet you.
22 I,
Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.
23 Gaius,
my host and the host of the whole church, greets you.
Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a
brother. 24 The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
25 Now to
Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the
preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the
world began 26 but now made manifest, and by the prophetic
Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the
commandment of the everlasting God, for
obedience to the faith— 27 to God,
alone wise, be glory through forever Amen.
