Rom.14.19

So let's agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other. Help others with encouraging words;

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Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Rom.14.19

Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

Rom.14.19

So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.

Rom.14.20

don't drag them down by finding fault. You're certainly not going to permit an argument over what is served or not served at supper to wreck God's work among you, are you? I said it before and I'll say it again: All food is good, but it can turn bad if you use it badly, if you use it to trip others up and send them sprawling.

Rom.14.20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

Rom.14.20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

Rom.14.20

Don't tear apart the work of God over what you eat. Remember, there is nothing wrong with these things in themselves. But it is wrong to eat anything if it makes another person stumble.

Rom.14.21

When you sit down to a meal, your primary concern should not be to feed your own face but to share the life of Jesus. So be sensitive and courteous to the others who are eating. Don't eat or say or do things that might interfere with the free exchange of love.

Rom.14.21

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.

Rom.14.21

It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

Rom.14.21

Don't eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another Christian to stumble.

Rom.14.22

Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others. You're fortunate if your behavior and your belief are coherent.

Rom.14.22

So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

Rom.14.22

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

Rom.14.22

You may have the faith to believe that there is nothing wrong with what you are doing, but keep it between yourself and God. Blessed are those who do not condemn themselves by doing something they know is all right.

Rom.14.23

But if you're not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe--some days trying to impose your opinions on others, other days just trying to please them--then you know that you're out of line. If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong.

Rom.14.23

But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

Rom.14.23

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

Rom.14.23

But if people have doubts about whether they should eat something, they shouldn't eat it. They would be condemned for not acting in faith before God. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning.

Rom.15.1

Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status.

Rom.15.1

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

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We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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We may know that these things make no difference, but we cannot just go ahead and do them to please ourselves. We must be considerate of the doubts and fears of those who think these things are wrong.

Rom.15.2

Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"

Rom.15.2

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Rom.15.2

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

Rom.15.2

We should please others. If we do what helps them, we will build them up in the Lord.

Rom.15.3

That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it.

Rom.15.3

For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

Rom.15.3

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me."

Rom.15.3

For even Christ didn't please himself. As the Scriptures say, "Those who insult you are also insulting me."

Rom.15.4

Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next.

Rom.15.4

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Rom.15.4

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

Rom.15.4

Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises.

Rom.15.5

May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all.

Rom.15.5

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,

Rom.15.5

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

Rom.15.5

May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other--each with the attitude of Christ Jesus toward the other.

Rom.15.6

Then we'll be a choir--not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

Rom.15.6

so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom.15.6

that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom.15.6

Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom.15.7

So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!

Rom.15.7

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

Rom.15.7

Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

Rom.15.7

So accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified.

Rom.15.8

Jesus, staying true to God's purposes, reached out in a special way to the Jewish insiders so that the old ancestral promises would come true for them.

Rom.15.8

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs

Rom.15.8

Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

Rom.15.8

Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

Rom.15.9

As a result, the non-Jewish outsiders have been able to experience mercy and to show appreciation to God. Just think of all the Scriptures that will come true in what we do! For instance: Then I'll join outsiders in a hymn-sing; I'll sing to your name!

Rom.15.9

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."

Rom.15.9

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name."

Rom.15.9

And he came so the Gentiles might also give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote: "I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."

Rom.15.10

And this one: Outsiders and insiders, rejoice together!

Rom.15.10

Again, it says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people."

Rom.15.10

And again he says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!"

Rom.15.10

And in another place it is written, "Rejoice, O you Gentiles, along with his people, the Jews."

Rom.15.11

And again: People of all nations, celebrate God! All colors and races, give hearty praise!

Rom.15.11

And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all you peoples."

Rom.15.11

And again: "Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!"

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And yet again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise him, all you people of the earth."

Rom.15.12

And Isaiah's word: There's the root of our ancestor Jesse, breaking through the earth and growing tree tall, Tall enough for everyone everywhere to see and take hope!

Rom.15.12

And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him."

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And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope."

Rom.15.12

And the prophet Isaiah said, "The heir to David's throne will come, and he will rule over the Gentiles. They will place their hopes on him."

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Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! [JC]

Rom.15.13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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So I pray that God, who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.