{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/romans/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:04.895Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Romans","bookSlug":"romans","chapter":15,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the nations, and will sing to thy name."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and let all the peoples laud him."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over the nations: in him shall the nations hope."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But I have written to you the more boldly, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I have therefore whereof to boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"that I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"in order that I may come to you in joy by God's will, and that I may be refreshed with you."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And the God of peace be with you all. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 15 (DBT)","markdown":"[Romans 15](https://primebible.com/dbt/romans/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/romans/15 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}