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¹We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.⇆ compare

²Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.⇆ compare

³For even Christ pleased not himself: but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.⇆ compare

⁴For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.⇆ compare

⁵Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:⇆ compare

⁶That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.⇆ compare

⁷Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.⇆ compare

⁸Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:⇆ compare

⁹And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.⇆ compare

¹⁰And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.⇆ compare

¹¹And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.⇆ compare

¹²And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.⇆ compare

¹³Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.⇆ compare

¹⁴And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.⇆ compare

¹⁵Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,⇆ compare

¹⁶That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.⇆ compare

¹⁷I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.⇆ compare

¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,⇆ compare

¹⁹Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.⇆ compare

²⁰Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:⇆ compare

²¹But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.⇆ compare

²²For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.⇆ compare

²³But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;⇆ compare

²⁴Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.⇆ compare

²⁵But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.⇆ compare

²⁶For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.⇆ compare

²⁷It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.⇆ compare

²⁸When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.⇆ compare

²⁹And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.⇆ compare

³⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;⇆ compare

³¹That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;⇆ compare

³²That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.⇆ compare

³³Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.⇆ compare