Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Romans .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Romans 15 : 4 - 19
Chapter 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.
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| 5 | Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
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| 6 | that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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| 7 | Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
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| 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,
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| 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."
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| 10 | And again he says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!"
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| 11 | And again: "Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!"
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| 12 | 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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| 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.
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| 14 | 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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| 15 | 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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| 16 | 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.
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| 17 | Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.
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| 18 | For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient--
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| 19 | in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
