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Romans 1:13

James Moffatt - New Testament

Brothers, I would like you to understand that I have often purposed to come to you (though up till now I have been prevented) so as to have some results among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

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After these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must also visit Rome."

It is not the money I am anxious for; what I am anxious for is the interest that accumulates in this way to your divine credit!

But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.

(We did want to reach you — I did, I Paul, more than once — but Satan stopped us.)

Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life;

But I want you to understand about spiritual gifts, brothers.

For I would have you know this, my brothers, that while our fathers all lived under the cloud, all crossed through the sea,

which has reached you as it spreads over all the world with fruit and increase. Such has been your life from the day you learned to know what God's grace really is.

To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.

You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit — fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

For the secret force of lawlessness is at work already; only, it cannot be revealed till he who at present restrains it is removed.

Wherever I go, thank God, he makes my life a constant pageant of triumph in Christ, diffusing the perfume of his knowledge everywhere by me.

To other people I may be no apostle, but to you I am, for you are the seal set upon my apostleship in the Lord.

and after saluting them Paul described in detail what God had done by means of his ministry among the Gentiles.

So the whole meeting was quieted and listened to Barnabas and Paul recounting the signs and wonders God had performed by them among the Gentiles.

On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.

Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit.

Now during these days Peter stood up among the brothers (there was a crowd of about a hundred and twenty persons all together).

where we came across some of the brotherhood, who invited us to stay a week with them. In this way we reached Rome.

or, in other words, that I may be encouraged by meeting you, I by your faith and you by mine.

Surely you know, my brothers — for I am speaking to men who know what law means — that the law has hold over a person only during his lifetime!

Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.

Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

Very well then, brothers; when you meet together, each contributes something — a song of praise, a lesson, a revelation, a 'tongue,' an interpretation? Good, but let every thing be for edification.

To take an illustration from human life, my brothers. Once a man's will is ratified, no one else annuls it or adds a codicil to it.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

But then, if it is to be life here below, that means fruitful work for me. So — well, I cannot tell which to choose;

so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!




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