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Text -- Romans 15:1-33 (NET)

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Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak
15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. 15:2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. 15:3 For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” 15:4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope. 15:5 Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus, 15:6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance
15:7 Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. 15:8 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 fathers, 15:9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” 15:10 And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” 15:11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.” 15:12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter
15:14 But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15:15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 15:17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 15:20 And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation, 15:21 but as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
Paul’s Intention of Visiting the Romans
15:22 This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you. 15:23 But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you 15:24 when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 15:25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 15:27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things. 15:28 Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you, 15:29 and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing. 15:30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf. 15:31 Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 15:32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. 15:33 Now may the God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Achaia a Roman province located in Greece along the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth
 · Gentile a non-Jewish person
 · Illyricum a mountainous region on the NE of the Adriatic Sea
 · Isaiah a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Jesse a son of Obed; the father of David the king and ancestor of Jesus,son of Obed of Judah; father of David
 · Judea a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
 · Macedonia a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia
 · Spain a country at the NW end of the Mediterranean Sea


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NET Notes: Rom 15:1 Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one...

NET Notes: Rom 15:3 A quotation from Ps 69:9.

NET Notes: Rom 15:5 Grk “grant you to think the same among one another.”

NET Notes: Rom 15:8 Or “to the patriarchs.”

NET Notes: Rom 15:9 A quotation from Ps 18:49.

NET Notes: Rom 15:10 A quotation from Deut 32:43.

NET Notes: Rom 15:11 A quotation from Ps 117:1.

NET Notes: Rom 15:12 A quotation from Isa 11:10.

NET Notes: Rom 15:13 Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could ...

NET Notes: Rom 15:14 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

NET Notes: Rom 15:16 Grk “so that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable.” This could be understood to refer to an offering belonging to the Gentil...

NET Notes: Rom 15:17 Grk “Therefore I have a boast.”

NET Notes: Rom 15:18 Grk “unto obedience.”

NET Notes: Rom 15:21 A quotation from Isa 52:15.

NET Notes: Rom 15:23 Grk “but having a desire…for many years.”

NET Notes: Rom 15:24 Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.

NET Notes: Rom 15:27 Grk “to them”; the referent (the Jerusalem saints) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Rom 15:28 Grk “have sealed this fruit to them.”

NET Notes: Rom 15:30 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

NET Notes: Rom 15:31 Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.

NET Notes: Rom 15:33 Some mss lack the word “Amen” here, one of them (Ì46) also inserting 16:25-27 at this point. See the tc note at 16:25 for more inform...

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