Accept One Another 1 CPDV But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves. BSB BSB: We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
2 CPDV Each one of you should please his neighbor unto good, for edification. BSB BSB: Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
3 CPDV For even Christ did not please himself, but as it was written: “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me.” BSB BSB: For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
4 CPDV For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope. BSB BSB: 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.
5 CPDV So may the God of patience and solace grant you to be of one mind toward one another, in accord with Jesus Christ, BSB BSB: Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
6 CPDV so that, together with one mouth, you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ the Servant of Jews and Gentiles 7 CPDV For this reason, accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, in the honor of God. BSB BSB: Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
8 CPDV For I declare that Christ Jesus was the minister of circumcision because of the truth of God, so as to confirm the promises to the fathers, BSB BSB: 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,
9 CPDV and that the Gentiles are to honor God because of his mercy, just as it was written: “Because of this, I will confess you among the Gentiles, O Lord, and I will sing to your name.” BSB BSB: so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
10 CPDV And again, he says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, along with his people.” BSB BSB: Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
11 CPDV And again: “All Gentiles, praise the Lord; and all peoples, magnify him.” BSB BSB: And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
12 CPDV And again, Isaiah says: “There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, and in him the Gentiles shall hope.” BSB BSB: And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
13 CPDV So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit. BSB BSB: 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.
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles 14 CPDV But I am also certain about you, my brothers, that you also have been filled with love, completed with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another. BSB BSB: I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
15 CPDV But I have written to you, brothers, more boldly than to the others, as if calling you to mind again, because of the grace which has been given to me from God, BSB BSB: However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
16 CPDV so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit. BSB BSB: 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.
17 CPDV Therefore, I have glory in Christ Jesus before God. BSB BSB: Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
18 CPDV So I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ does not effect through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed, BSB BSB: 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,
19 CPDV with the power of signs and wonders, by power of the Holy Spirit. For in this way, from Jerusalem, throughout its surroundings, as far as Illyricum, I have replenished the Gospel of Christ. BSB BSB: by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20 CPDV And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another, BSB BSB: 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.
21 CPDV but just as it was written: “Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand.” BSB BSB: Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
22 CPDV Because of this also, I was greatly hindered in coming to you, and I have been prevented until the present time. BSB BSB: That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Travel Plans (1 Corinthians 16:5–9)
23 CPDV Yet truly now, having no other destination in these regions, and having already had a great desire to come to you over the past many years, BSB BSB: But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
24 CPDV when I begin to set out on my journey to Spain, I hope that, as I pass by, I may see you, and I may be guided from there by you, after first having borne some fruit among you. BSB BSB: 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.
25 CPDV But next I will set out for Jerusalem, to minister to the saints. BSB BSB: Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
26 CPDV For those of Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a collection for those of the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. BSB BSB: For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
27 CPDV And this has pleased them, because they are in their debt. For, since the Gentiles have become partakers of their spiritual things, they also ought to minister to them in worldly things. BSB BSB: 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.
28 CPDV Therefore, when I have completed this task, and have consigned to them this fruit, I shall set out, by way of you, to Spain. BSB BSB: 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.
29 CPDV And I know that when I come to you I shall arrive with an abundance of the blessings of the Gospel of Christ. BSB BSB: I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
30 CPDV Therefore, I beg you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Holy Spirit, that you assist me with your prayers to God on my behalf, BSB BSB: 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.
31 CPDV so that I may be freed from the unfaithful who are in Judea, and so that the oblation of my service may be acceptable to the saints in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
32 CPDV So may I come to you with joy, through the will of God, and so may I be refreshed with you. BSB BSB: so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
33 CPDV And may the God of peace be with you all. Amen. BSB BSB: The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
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