2. Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.
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.”
4. For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
5. Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you to be in agreement with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,
6. so that with one mind you may glorify with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, to the glory of God.
8. For I say, Christ has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers,
9. and that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, just as it is written, “Because of this, I will praise you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to your name.”
10. And again it says, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people.”
11. And again, “Praise the Lord, all the Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.”
12. And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
13. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
14. Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.
15. But I have written to you more boldly on some points, so as to remind you again because of the grace that has been given to me by God,
16. with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17. Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.
18. For I will not dare to speak about anything except that which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,