Apologetics Bible

Romans 15:1

Greek

Ὀφείλομεν δὲ ἡμεῖς οἱ δυνατοὶ τὰ ἀσθενήματα τῶν ἀδυνάτων βαστάζειν, καὶ μὴ ἑαυτοῖς ἀρέσκειν.

Opheilomen de emeis oi dynatoi ta asthenemata ton adynaton bastazein, kai me eaytois areskein.

KJV: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

AKJV: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

ASV: Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

YLT: And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

Exposition: Romans 15:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:2

Greek

ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν·

ekastos emon to plesion aresketo eis to agathon pros oikodomen·

KJV: Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

AKJV: Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.

ASV: Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

YLT: for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

Exposition: Romans 15:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:3

Greek

καὶ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ἤρεσεν· ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· Οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπʼ ἐμέ.

kai gar o Christos oych eayto eresen· alla kathos gegraptai· Oi oneidismoi ton oneidizonton se epepesan ep eme.

KJV: For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

AKJV: For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached you fell on me.

ASV: For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

YLT: for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

Exposition: Romans 15:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:4

Greek

ὅσα γὰρ προεγράφη, ⸀εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν διδασκαλίαν ⸀ἐγράφη, ἵνα διὰ τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως τῶν γραφῶν τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχωμεν.

osa gar proegraphe, eis ten emeteran didaskalian egraphe, ina dia tes ypomones kai dia tes parakleseos ton graphon ten elpida echomen.

KJV: For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

AKJV: For whatever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

ASV: For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

YLT: for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

Exposition: Romans 15:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:5

Greek

ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως δῴη ὑμῖν τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις κατὰ ⸂Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν⸃,

o de theos tes ypomones kai tes parakleseos doe ymin to ayto phronein en allelois kata Christon Iesoyn,

KJV: Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

AKJV: Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

ASV: Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

YLT: And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

Exposition: Romans 15:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:6

Greek

ἵνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν ἑνὶ στόματι δοξάζητε τὸν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

ina omothymadon en eni stomati doxazete ton theon kai patera toy kyrioy emon Iesoy Christoy.

KJV: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

AKJV: That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

ASV: that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

YLT: that with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Exposition: Romans 15:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:7

Greek

Διὸ προσλαμβάνεσθε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς προσελάβετο ⸀ὑμᾶς, εἰς δόξαν ⸀τοῦ θεοῦ.

Dio proslambanesthe alleloys, kathos kai o Christos proselabeto ymas, eis doxan toy theoy.

KJV: Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

AKJV: Why receive you one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

ASV: Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

YLT: wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

Exposition: Romans 15:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:8

Greek

λέγω ⸀γὰρ ⸀Χριστὸν διάκονον ⸀γεγενῆσθαι περιτομῆς ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ βεβαιῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τῶν πατέρων,

lego gar Christon diakonon gegenesthai peritomes yper aletheias theoy, eis to bebaiosai tas epaggelias ton pateron,

KJV: 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:

AKJV: Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:

ASV: For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,

YLT: And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

Exposition: Romans 15:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:9

Greek

τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν θεόν· καθὼς γέγραπται· Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσι, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.

ta de ethne yper eleoys doxasai ton theon· kathos gegraptai· Dia toyto exomologesomai soi en ethnesi, kai to onomati soy psalo.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.

ASV: and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles,

YLT: and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

Exposition: Romans 15:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:10

Greek

καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Εὐφράνθητε, ἔθνη, μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.

kai palin legei· Eyphranthete, ethne, meta toy laoy aytoy.

KJV: And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

AKJV: And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.

ASV: And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

YLT: and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'

Exposition: Romans 15:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:11

Greek

καὶ πάλιν· Αἰνεῖτε, ⸂πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, τὸν κύριον⸃, καὶ ⸀ἐπαινεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ λαοί.

kai palin· Aineite, panta ta ethne, ton kyrion, kai epainesatosan ayton pantes oi laoi.

KJV: And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

AKJV: And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people.

ASV: And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles;

YLT: and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;'

Exposition: Romans 15:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:12

Greek

καὶ πάλιν Ἠσαΐας λέγει· Ἔσται ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν· ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν.

kai palin Esaias legei· Estai e riza toy Iessai, kai o anistamenos archein ethnon· ep ayto ethne elpioysin.

KJV: And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

AKJV: And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

ASV: And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse,

YLT: and again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations--upon him shall nations hope;'

Exposition: Romans 15:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:13

Greek

ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ἐλπίδος πληρώσαι ὑμᾶς πάσης χαρᾶς καὶ εἰρήνης ἐν τῷ πιστεύειν, εἰς τὸ περισσεύειν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐλπίδι ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου.

o de theos tes elpidos plerosai ymas pases charas kai eirenes en to pisteyein, eis to perisseyein ymas en te elpidi en dynamei pneymatos agioy.

KJV: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

AKJV: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

ASV: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

YLT: and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

Exposition: Romans 15:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:14

Greek

Πέπεισμαι δέ, ἀδελφοί μου, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐγὼ περὶ ὑμῶν, ὅτι καὶ αὐτοὶ μεστοί ἐστε ἀγαθωσύνης, πεπληρωμένοι ⸀πάσης γνώσεως, δυνάμενοι καὶ ⸀ἀλλήλους νουθετεῖν.

Pepeismai de, adelphoi moy, kai aytos ego peri ymon, oti kai aytoi mestoi este agathosynes, pepleromenoi pases gnoseos, dynamenoi kai alleloys noythetein.

KJV: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

AKJV: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

ASV: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

YLT: And I am persuaded, my brethren--I myself also--concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish;

Exposition: Romans 15:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:15

Greek

⸀τολμηρότερον δὲ ἔγραψα ⸀ὑμῖν ἀπὸ μέρους, ὡς ἐπαναμιμνῄσκων ὑμᾶς, διὰ τὴν χάριν τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι ⸀ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ

tolmeroteron de egrapsa ymin apo meroys, os epanamimneskon ymas, dia ten charin ten dotheisan moi ypo toy theoy

KJV: Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

AKJV: Nevertheless, brothers, I have written the more boldly to you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

ASV: But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

YLT: and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

Exposition: Romans 15:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:16

Greek

εἰς τὸ εἶναί με λειτουργὸν ⸂Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ⸃ εἰς τὰ ἔθνη, ἱερουργοῦντα τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα γένηται ἡ προσφορὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἡγιασμένη ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.

eis to einai me leitoyrgon Christoy Iesoy eis ta ethne, ieroyrgoynta to eyaggelion toy theoy, ina genetai e prosphora ton ethnon eyprosdektos, egiasmene en pneymati agio.

KJV: That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

AKJV: That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

ASV: that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

YLT: for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Exposition: Romans 15:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:17

Greek

ἔχω οὖν ⸀τὴν καύχησιν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν·

echo oyn ten kaychesin en Christo Iesoy ta pros ton theon·

KJV: I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

AKJV: I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

ASV: I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

YLT: I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

Exposition: Romans 15:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:18

Greek

οὐ γὰρ τολμήσω ⸂τι λαλεῖν⸃ ὧν οὐ κατειργάσατο Χριστὸς διʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς ὑπακοὴν ἐθνῶν, λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ,

oy gar tolmeso ti lalein on oy kateirgasato Christos di emoy eis ypakoen ethnon, logo kai ergo,

KJV: For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

AKJV: For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not worked by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

ASV: For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

YLT: for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

Exposition: Romans 15:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:19

Greek

ἐν δυνάμει σημείων καὶ τεράτων, ἐν δυνάμει ⸀πνεύματος· ὥστε με ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ κύκλῳ μέχρι τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ πεπληρωκέναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ,

en dynamei semeion kai teraton, en dynamei pneymatos· oste me apo Ieroysalem kai kyklo mechri toy Illyrikoy peplerokenai to eyaggelion toy Christoy,

KJV: Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

AKJV: Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

ASV: in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;

YLT: in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

Exposition: Romans 15:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:20

Greek

οὕτως δὲ ⸀φιλοτιμούμενον εὐαγγελίζεσθαι οὐχ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χριστός, ἵνα μὴ ἐπʼ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰκοδομῶ,

oytos de philotimoymenon eyaggelizesthai oych opoy onomasthe Christos, ina me ep allotrion themelion oikodomo,

KJV: Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

AKJV: Yes, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation:

ASV: yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man’s foundation;

YLT: and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named--that upon another's foundation I might not build--

Exposition: Romans 15:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:21

Greek

ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· ⸂Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται⸃, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν.

alla kathos gegraptai· Ois oyk aneggele peri aytoy opsontai, kai oi oyk akekoasin synesoysin.

KJV: But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

AKJV: But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

ASV: but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came,

YLT: but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

Exposition: Romans 15:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:22

Greek

Διὸ καὶ ἐνεκοπτόμην τὰ πολλὰ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς·

Dio kai enekoptomen ta polla toy elthein pros ymas·

KJV: For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

AKJV: For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

ASV: Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:

YLT: Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

Exposition: Romans 15:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:23

Greek

νυνὶ δὲ μηκέτι τόπον ἔχων ἐν τοῖς κλίμασι τούτοις, ἐπιποθίαν δὲ ἔχων τοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ ⸀ἱκανῶν ἐτῶν,

nyni de meketi topon echon en tois klimasi toytois, epipothian de echon toy elthein pros ymas apo ikanon eton,

KJV: But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

AKJV: But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you;

ASV: but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,

YLT: and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

Exposition: Romans 15:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:24

Greek

ὡς ⸀ἂν πορεύωμαι εἰς τὴν ⸀Σπανίαν, ἐλπίζω γὰρ διαπορευόμενος θεάσασθαι ὑμᾶς καὶ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν προπεμφθῆναι ἐκεῖ ἐὰν ὑμῶν πρῶτον ἀπὸ μέρους ἐμπλησθῶ—

os an poreyomai eis ten Spanian, elpizo gar diaporeyomenos theasasthai ymas kai yph ymon propemphthenai ekei ean ymon proton apo meroys emplestho

KJV: Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

AKJV: Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

ASV: whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)—

YLT: when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.

Exposition: Romans 15:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:25

Greek

νυνὶ δὲ πορεύομαι εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ διακονῶν τοῖς ἁγίοις.

nyni de poreyomai eis Ieroysalem diakonon tois agiois.

KJV: But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

AKJV: But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

ASV: but now, I say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.

YLT: And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

Exposition: Romans 15:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:26

Greek

εὐδόκησαν γὰρ Μακεδονία καὶ Ἀχαΐα κοινωνίαν τινὰ ποιήσασθαι εἰς τοὺς πτωχοὺς τῶν ἁγίων τῶν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.

eydokesan gar Makedonia kai Achaia koinonian tina poiesasthai eis toys ptochoys ton agion ton en Ieroysalem.

KJV: For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

AKJV: For it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

ASV: For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.

YLT: for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem;

Exposition: Romans 15:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:27

Greek

εὐδόκησαν γάρ, καὶ ὀφειλέται ⸂εἰσὶν αὐτῶν⸃· εἰ γὰρ τοῖς πνευματικοῖς αὐτῶν ἐκοινώνησαν τὰ ἔθνη, ὀφείλουσιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς σαρκικοῖς λειτουργῆσαι αὐτοῖς.

eydokesan gar, kai opheiletai eisin ayton· ei gar tois pneymatikois ayton ekoinonesan ta ethne, opheiloysin kai en tois sarkikois leitoyrgesai aytois.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: It has pleased them truly; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in carnal things.

ASV: 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.

YLT: for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

Exposition: Romans 15:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:28

Greek

τοῦτο οὖν ἐπιτελέσας, καὶ σφραγισάμενος αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπὸν τοῦτον, ἀπελεύσομαι διʼ ὑμῶν ⸀εἰς Σπανίαν·

toyto oyn epitelesas, kai sphragisamenos aytois ton karpon toyton, apeleysomai di ymon eis Spanian·

KJV: When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

AKJV: When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

ASV: When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain.

YLT: This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

Exposition: Romans 15:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:29

Greek

οἶδα δὲ ὅτι ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν πληρώματι ⸀εὐλογίας Χριστοῦ ἐλεύσομαι.

oida de oti erchomenos pros ymas en pleromati eylogias Christoy eleysomai.

KJV: And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

AKJV: And I am sure that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

ASV: And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.

YLT: and I have known that coming unto you--in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

Exposition: Romans 15:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:30

Greek

Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ πνεύματος συναγωνίσασθαί μοι ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ πρὸς τὸν θεόν,

Parakalo de ymas, adelphoi, dia toy kyrioy emon Iesoy Christoy kai dia tes agapes toy pneymatos synagonisasthai moi en tais proseychais yper emoy pros ton theon,

KJV: Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

AKJV: Now I beseech you, brothers, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

ASV: Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

YLT: And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

Exposition: Romans 15:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:31

Greek

ἵνα ῥυσθῶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀπειθούντων ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ⸀καὶ ἡ διακονία μου ἡ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ εὐπρόσδεκτος ⸂τοῖς ἁγίοις γένηται⸃,

ina rystho apo ton apeithoynton en te Ioydaia kai e diakonia moy e eis Ieroysalem eyprosdektos tois agiois genetai,

KJV: That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

AKJV: That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

ASV: that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judæa, and that my ministration which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

YLT: that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that is for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;

Exposition: Romans 15:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:32

Greek

ἵνα ἐν χαρᾷ ⸀ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς διὰ θελήματος ⸀θεοῦ συναναπαύσωμαι ὑμῖν.

ina en chara elthon pros ymas dia thelematos theoy synanapaysomai ymin.

KJV: That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

AKJV: That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

ASV: that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

YLT: that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

Exposition: Romans 15:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Romans 15:33

Greek

ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν· ἀμήν.

o de theos tes eirenes meta panton ymon· amen.

KJV: Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

AKJV: Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

ASV: Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

YLT: and the God of the peace be with you all. Amen.

Exposition: Romans 15:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.