Romans 15:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ They were pleased to do this, and indeed they owe it to them, for if the gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material things.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ They were pleased to do it; and surely they are in debt to them, for if these Gentiles have come to share in their [the Jerusalem Jews'] spiritual blessings, then they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.

Common English Bible

²⁷ They were happy to do this, and they are actually in debt to God’s people in Jerusalem. If the Gentiles got a share of the Jewish people’s spiritual resources, they ought to minister to them with material resources.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And this has pleased them, because they are in their debt. For, since the Gentiles have become partakers of their spiritual things, they also ought to minister to them in worldly things.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ For it hath pleased them; and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also in carnal things to minister to them.

Romans 15:27 Cross References

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Romans 11:17

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted among the others to share the rich root of the olive tree,

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.

1 Corinthians 9:11

If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we harvest material things?

Galatians 6:6

Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.

Philemon 1:19

I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.