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Romans 15:15

James Moffatt - New Testament

Still, by way of refreshing your memory, I have written you with a certain freedom, in virtue of my divine commission

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In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.

But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them — though it was not I but God's grace at my side.

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord means salvation; as indeed our beloved brother Paul has written to you out of the wisdom vouchsafed to him,

By the hand of Silvanus, a faithful brother (in my opinion), I have written you these few lines of encouragement, to testify that this is what the true grace of God means. Stand in that grace.

I appeal to you, brothers, to bear with this appeal of mine. It is but a short letter.

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,

Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments — no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.

Hence I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift which you received when my hands were laid upon you;

Lay this before the brotherhood, and you will be an excellent minister of Christ Jesus, brought up on the truths of the faith and on the lessons of the good doctrine you have already followed.

and when they recognized the grace I had been given, then the so-called 'pillars' of the church, James and Cephas and John, gave myself and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. Our sphere was to be the Gentiles, theirs the circumcised.

In virtue of my commission from God, I laid the foundation of the house like an expert master-builder. It remains for another to build on this foundation. Whoever he is, let him be careful how he builds.




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