Accept One Another
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 1Th 5:14Rom 14:11Co 9:22Gal 6:1-21Co 12:22-241Jn 2:142Ti 2:1Rom 4:20 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 1Co 10:24Rom 14:19Php 2:4-51Co 10:331Co 9:19-221Co 13:5Tit 2:9-10 For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.” 1 Psa 69:9Php 2:8Jhn 4:34Jhn 5:30Jhn 6:38Psa 89:50-512Co 8:9Jhn 12:27-28 For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. 1Co 10:112Ti 3:16-17Rom 4:23-242Pe 1:20-21Heb 10:35-36Rom 12:121Co 9:9-10Rom 8:24-25
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus, Php 2:4-5Rom 15:131Pe 3:8Eph 5:2Rom 12:162Co 13:111Co 1:10Psa 86:5 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jhn 10:29-30Act 4:24Eph 1:3Rev 1:62Co 11:311Pe 1:32Co 1:3Rom 15:9-11
Christ the Servant of Jews and Gentiles
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God. Mat 10:40Jhn 13:34Rom 14:1-3Rom 5:2Luk 9:48Mrk 9:37Eph 1:6-82Th 1:10-12 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, Gal 4:4-5Mat 15:242Co 1:20Jhn 1:11Act 3:25-26Jhn 10:16Rom 3:3Rom 15:16 so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: 2Sa 22:50Psa 18:49Rom 3:29Mat 9:8
“Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles;
I will sing hymns to Your name.” 2
Again, it says: Psa 67:3-4Deu 32:43Isa 42:10-12Psa 138:4-5Psa 68:32Isa 24:14-16Psa 66:1-4Psa 98:3-4
“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” 3
And again: Psa 117:1
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and extol Him, all you peoples.” 4
And once more, Isaiah says: Isa 11:10Isa 11:1Mat 12:21Rev 22:16Rev 5:51Co 15:19Mic 4:1-3Dan 7:14
“The Root of Jesse will appear,
One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles;
in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.” 5
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 2Th 2:16-17Rom 12:122Co 9:8Gal 5:22Rom 14:17Jhn 14:1Rom 15:5Jhn 14:27
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 2Pe 1:12Col 3:161Co 8:11Jn 2:211Co 1:51Co 8:101Co 8:71Th 5:11 However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me Rom 12:31Co 15:10Rom 1:5Rom 12:61Jn 5:131Pe 4:10-112Pe 3:151Co 3:10 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Rom 11:13Rom 1:1Act 9:151Ti 1:112Ti 1:11Php 2:17Act 20:24Isa 66:19-20
Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 2Co 2:14-162Co 12:11-212Co 7:42Co 12:12Co 3:4-6Heb 5:1Php 3:32Co 11:16-30 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, Act 15:12Rom 1:5Act 21:19Pro 25:14Gal 2:82Th 2:17Rom 16:261Co 3:6-9 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. 6 So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 2Co 12:12Heb 2:4Act 19:11-12Gal 3:52Ti 4:171Co 12:4-11Act 20:6Act 17:10
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 2Co 10:13-161Co 3:9-15Eph 2:20-22 Rather, as it is written: Isa 52:15Isa 65:1
“Those who were not told about Him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.” 7
That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you. Rom 1:131Th 2:17-18
Paul’s Travel Plans
(1 Corinthians 16:5–9)
But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you, Rom 15:32Act 19:21Rom 1:10-12Rom 15:291Th 3:102Ti 1:4 I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey. Rom 15:28Rom 1:12Act 15:31Co 16:5-72Co 1:16Act 19:21Act 21:53Jn 1:6
Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there. Act 19:21Act 24:17Act 20:22Act 20:161Co 16:1-3Act 18:21Gal 2:10Rom 15:26-31 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 2Co 8:1-92Co 9:2Act 11:27-302Co 9:12Jas 2:5-61Co 16:15Act 16:9Act 18:12 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings. 1Co 9:11Gal 6:6Phm 1:19Rom 11:17
So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you. Php 4:17Rom 15:24Col 1:6Pro 19:21Lam 3:37Jas 4:13-15 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing 8of Christ. Eph 4:13Rom 1:10-12Eph 1:3Psa 16:11Eph 3:19Eph 3:8Ezk 34:26
Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Col 4:122Co 1:111Th 5:252Co 4:11Php 2:12Th 3:1Gen 32:24-291Ti 6:13-14 Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there, 2Th 3:22Co 8:42Co 9:1Rom 15:25Act 21:17-311Th 2:152Ti 3:112Ti 4:17 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed. 1Co 16:182Co 7:13Act 18:21Phm 1:20Phm 1:72Ti 1:161Co 4:19Act 27:1
The God of peace be with all of you. Amen. 9 2Co 13:11Php 4:91Th 5:232Th 3:16Heb 13:20Rom 16:202Co 13:141Co 14:33