keep to yourself before 14.23 God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself in what he approves. _But_ _he_ who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith; 15.1 and whatever is not from faith is sin. We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please 15.2 ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, 15.3 for building up; for Christ also did not please himself; but as it is written: The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me. 15.4 For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures 15.5 we might have hope. Now may the God of endurance and encouragement 15.6 grant you to be like-minded toward one another according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15.7 Therefore welcome one another, just as Christ also welcomed 15.8 you, to the glory of God. For I say that Christ became a servant of the circumcised for the sake of God's truth, to confirm 15.9 the promises to the fathers, and that the Gentiles should glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: For this reason I will confess 15.10 to you among the Gentiles, and I will sing to your name. And again he says: 15.11 Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. And again: Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him. 15.12 And again Isaiah says: There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to rule the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope. 15.13 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. 15.14 Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, 15.15 able also to admonish one another. But I have written more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace given 15.16 to me by God, that I might be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified in 15.17 the Holy Spirit. Therefore I have reason for boasting in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining 15.18 to God; for I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished 15.19 through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have fulfilled the gospel 15.20 of Christ. And so I have made it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation, 15.21 but as it is written: Those to whom it was not announced concerning him shall see, and those who have not heard shall understand 15.22 For this reason I also was hindered many times from coming to you; 15.23 but now no longer having a place in these regions, and having a great desire 15.24 these many years to come to you, whenever I journey to Spain; for I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may be filled for a time with your company. 15.25 -but now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 15.26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain contribution 15.27 for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. They were pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, they are also obligated to minister 15.28 to them in material things. Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this 15.29 fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain; and I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. 15.30 Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in 15.31 prayers for me to God, that I may be delivered from those who do not believe in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem 15.32 may be acceptable to the saints, so that I may come to you with joy 15.33 by the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.

σεαυτὸν ἔχε ἐνώπιον τοῦ 14.23 θεοῦ. μακάριος ὁ μὴ κρίνων ἑαυτὸν ἐν ᾧ δοκιμάζει. _ὁ_ _δ_ὲ_ διακρινόμενος ἐὰν φάγῃ κατακέκριται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως· πᾶν 15.1 δὲ τὸ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ἁμαρτία ἐστίν. Ὀφείλομεν δὲ ἡμεῖς οἱ δυνατοὶ τὰ ἀσθενήματα τῶν ἀδυνάτων βαστάζειν, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτοῖς 15.2 ἀρέσκειν. ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν 15.3 πρὸς οἰκοδομήν· καὶ γὰρ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ἤρεσεν· ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπ' ἐμέ. 15.4 ὅσα γὰρ προεγράφη, εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν διδασκαλίαν ἐγράφη, ἵνα διὰ τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως τῶν γραφῶν τὴν 15.5 ἐλπίδα ἔχωμεν. ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως 15.6 δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, ἵνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν ἑνὶ στόματι δοξάζητε τὸν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. 15.7 ∆ιὸ προσλαμβάνεσθε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς προσ 15.8 ελάβετο ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ. λέγω γὰρ Χριστὸν διάκονον γενέσθαι περιτομῆς ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ βε 15.9 βαιῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τῶν πατέρων, τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν θεόν, καθὼς γέγραπται. διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί 15.10 σοι ἐν ἔθνεσιν καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ. καὶ πάλιν λέγει· 15.11 εὐφράνθητε, ἔθνη, μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. καὶ πάλιν· αἰνεῖτε, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἐπαινεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ λαοί. 15.12 καὶ πάλιν Ἠσαΐας λέγει· ἔσται ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν· ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν. 15.13 Ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ἐλπίδος πληρώσαι ὑμᾶς πάσης χαρᾶς καὶ εἰρήνης ἐν τῷ πιστεύειν, εἰς τὸ περισσεύειν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐλπίδι ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου. 15.14 Πέπεισμαι δέ, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐγὼ περὶ ὑμῶν, ὅτι καὶ αὐτοὶ μεστοί ἐστε ἀγαθωσύνης, πεπληρωμένοι πάσης τῆς γνώσεως, 15.15 δυνάμενοι καὶ ἀλλήλους νουθετεῖν. τολμηρότερον δὲ ὑμῖν ἔγραψα ἀπὸ μέρους, ὡς ἐπαναμιμνήσκων ὑμᾶς διὰ τὴν χάριν τὴν δο 15.16 θεῖσάν μοι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τὸ εἶναί με λειτουργὸν Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ εἰς τὰ ἔθνη, ἱερουργοῦντα τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα γένηται ἡ προσφορὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἡγιασμένη ἐν 15.17 πνεύματι ἁγίῳ. ἔχω οὖν καύχησιν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τὰ πρὸς 15.18 τὸν θεόν· οὐ γὰρ τολμήσω τι λαλεῖν ὧν οὐ κατειργάσατο Χριστὸς 15.19 δι' ἐμοῦ εἰς ὑπακοὴν ἐθνῶν, λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ, ἐν δυνάμει σημείων καὶ τεράτων, ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου· ὥστε _μ_ε_ _ἀ_π_ὸ_ _ _ ̔_Ι_ε_ρ_ο_υ_ σαλὴμ καὶ κύκλῳ μέχρι τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ πεπληρωκέναι τὸ εὐαγ 15.20 γέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ. οὕτω δὲ _φ_ι_λ_ο_τ_ι_μ_ο_ύ_μ_ε_ν_ο_ν_ _ε_ὐ_α_γ_γ_ε_λ_ί_ζ_ε_σ_θ_α_ι_ _ο_ὐ_χ_ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χριστός, ἵνα μὴ ἐπ' ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰκοδομῶ, 15.21 ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασι συνήσουσι 15.22 διὸ καὶ ἐνεκοπτόμην τὰ πολλὰ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς· 15.23 νυνὶ δὲ μηκέτι τόπον ἔχων ἐν τοῖς κλίμασι τούτοις, ἐπιποθίαν δὲ 15.24 ἔχων τοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ πολλῶν ἐτῶν, ὡς ἂν πορεύωμαι εἰς τὴν Σπανίαν· ἐλπίζω γὰρ πορευόμενος θεάσασθαι ὑμᾶς καὶ ὑφ' ὑμῶν προπεμφθῆναι ἐκεῖ, ἐὰν ὑμῶν πρῶτον ἀπὸ μέρους ἐμπλησθῶ. 15.25 -νυνὶ δὲ πορεύομαι εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ διακονῶν τοῖς ἁγίοις. 15.26 εὐδόκησαν γὰρ Μακεδονία καὶ Ἀχαΐα κοινωνίαν τινὰ ποιήσασθαι 15.27 εἰς τοὺς πτωχοὺς τῶν ἁγίων τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. εὐδόκησαν γάρ, καὶ ὀφειλέται αὐτῶν εἰσιν· εἰ γὰρ τοῖς πνευματικοῖς αὐτῶν ἐκοι νώνησαν τὰ ἔθνη, ὀφείλουσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς σαρκικοῖς λειτουργῆσαι 15.28 αὐτοῖς. τοῦτο οὖν ἐπιτελέσας, καὶ σφραγισάμενος αὐτοῖς τὸν 15.29 καρπὸν τοῦτον, ἀπελεύσομαι δι' ὑμῶν εἰς Σπανίαν· οἶδα δὲ ὅτι ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν πληρώματι εὐλογίας Χριστοῦ ἐλεύσομαι. 15.30 Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ πνεύματος, συναγωνίσασθαί μοι ἐν ταῖς 15.31 προσευχαῖς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἵνα ῥυσθῶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀπει θούντων ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ 15.32 εὐπρόσδεκτος τοῖς ἁγίοις γένηται, ἵνα ἐν χαρᾷ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς 15.33 διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ συναναπαύσωμαι