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Romans chapter 15 verses 1 through 7

we who are strong

have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up,

for Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, the reproaches of those

who reproached you fell on me.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction that through endurance and

through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord

with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God.

There is so much here in Romans chapter 15 verse 1 through 7 to unpack, to think about the big picture though is, well it's summarized in

verse five and six it's a prayer that God might grant his church to live in harmony with one another,

in accord with Jesus himself who died to make us his church, to bring us together in himself to the father as his sons and daughters so that we might with one

voice verse six says glorify God the father of our this is in John Chapter 17 before he went to the cross,

and this is what you just purchased for us

when he went to the cross.

A blood-bought spirit-filled harmony,

harmony, unity with one another, one voice,

glorifying God in accord with Jesus,

which means that we welcome one another. We lay aside our preferences for the

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