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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 15:1 |
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. |
And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; |
| 15:2 |
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. |
for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification, |
| 15:3 |
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. |
for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;' |
| 15:4 |
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. |
for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope. |
| 15:5 |
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: |
And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus; |
| 15:6 |
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
that with one accord -- with one mouth -- ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
| 15:7 |
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. |
wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God. |
| 15:8 |
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: |
And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers, |
| 15:9 |
And 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. |
and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,' |
| 15:10 |
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. |
and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;' |
| 15:11 |
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. |
and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;' |
| 15:12 |
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. |
and again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations -- upon him shall nations hope;' |
| 15:13 |
Now 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. |
and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 15:14 |
And 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. |
And I am persuaded, my brethren -- I myself also -- concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish; |
| 15:15 |
Nevertheless, 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, |
and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God, |
| 15:16 |
That 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. |
for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. |
| 15:17 |
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. |
I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God, |
| 15:18 |
For 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, |
for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed, |
| 15:19 |
Through 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. |
in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ; |
| 15:20 |
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: |
and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named -- that upon another's foundation I might not build -- |
| 15:21 |
But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. |
but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.' |
| 15:22 |
For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. |
Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you, |
| 15:23 |
But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; |
and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years, |
| 15:24 |
Whensoever 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. |
when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled. |
| 15:25 |
But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. |
And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; |
| 15:26 |
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. |
for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who `are' in Jerusalem; |
| 15:27 |
It 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. |
for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them. |
| 15:28 |
When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. |
This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain; |
| 15:29 |
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. |
and I have known that coming unto you -- in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come. |
| 15:30 |
Now 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; |
And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God, |
| 15:31 |
That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; |
that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that `is' for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints; |
| 15:32 |
That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. |
that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you, |
| 15:33 |
Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. |
and the God of the peace `be' with you all. Amen. |
