Romans 15:7-16 (Epistle)
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- Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
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- 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,
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- 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.”
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- And again he says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”
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- And again: “Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!”
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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.”
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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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- Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
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- Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,
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- that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.