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- Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.
- Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
- For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME."
- For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
- Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
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- so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.
- For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers,
- and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, "THEREFORE I WILL GIVE PRAISE TO YOU AMONG THE GENTILES, AND I WILL SING TO YOUR NAME."
- Again he says, "REJOICE, O GENTILES, WITH HIS PEOPLE."
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- And again, "PRAISE THE LORD ALL YOU GENTILES, AND LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE HIM."
- Again Isaiah says, "THERE SHALL COME THE ROOT OF JESSE, AND HE WHO ARISES TO RULE OVER THE GENTILES, IN HIM SHALL THE GENTILES HOPE."
- Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.
- But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,
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- to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.
- For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
- in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man's foundation;
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- but as it is written, "THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE, AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND."
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