Accept One Another 1 DBY But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. BSB BSB: We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
2 DBY Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification. BSB BSB: Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
3 DBY 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. 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 DBY 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. 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 DBY Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus; BSB BSB: Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
6 DBY that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, 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 DBY Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God. BSB BSB: Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
8 DBY For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of 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 DBY 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. 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 DBY And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people. BSB BSB: Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
11 DBY And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and let all the peoples laud him. BSB BSB: And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
12 DBY 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. 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 DBY 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. 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 DBY 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. 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 DBY 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, BSB BSB: However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
16 DBY 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. 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 DBY I have therefore whereof to boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God. BSB BSB: Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
18 DBY 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, 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 DBY 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; 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 DBY and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation; 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 DBY 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. 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 DBY Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you. BSB BSB: That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Travel Plans (1 Corinthians 16:5–9)
23 DBY But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these 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 DBY 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;) 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 DBY but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; BSB BSB: Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
26 DBY for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
27 DBY 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. 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 DBY Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into 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 DBY But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ. BSB BSB: I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
30 DBY 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; 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 DBY 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; 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 DBY in order that I may come to you in joy by God's will, and that I may 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 DBY And 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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