JOY

 

ROMANS 15:1-9 

We then that are strong ought to
bear the infirmities of the weak,
and not to please ourselves.
Let every one of us please his
neighbour for his good to edification.
 For even Christ pleased not himself;
but, as it is written,
The reproaches of them that
reproached thee fell on me.
For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort
of the scriptures might have hope.
Now the God of patience and consolation
grant you to be likeminded one toward
another according to Christ Jesus:
That ye may with one mind and
one mouth glorify God,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore receive ye one another,
as Christ also received us
to the glory of God.
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a
minister of the circumcision
for the truth of God, to confirm
the promises made unto the fathers:
And that the Gentiles might
glorify God for his mercy;
as it is written,
For this cause I will confess
to thee among the Gentiles,
and sing unto thy name.