015:024 I hope, as soon as ever I extend my travels into Spain,
to see you on my way and be helped forward by you on my journey,
when I have first enjoyed being with you for a time.
015:025 But at present I am going to Jerusalem to serve God's people,
015:026 for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum
in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem.
015:027 Yes, they have kindly done this, and, in fact, it was a debt they
owed them. For seeing that the Gentiles have been admitted
in to partnership with the Jews in their spiritual blessings,
they in turn are under an obligation to render sacred service
to the Jews in temporal things.
015:028 So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind
gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start
for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;
015:029 and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast
amount of blessing from Christ.
015:030 But I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
and by the love which His Spirit inspires, to help me
by wrestling in prayer to God on my behalf,
015:031 asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who
are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to
Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there,
015:032 in order that if God be willing I may come to you with a glad heart,
and may enjoy a time of rest with you.
015:033 May God, who gives peace be with you all! Amen.
016:001 Herewith I introduce our sister Phoebe to you, who is a servant
of the Church at Cenchreae,
016:002 that you may receive her as a fellow Christian in a manner
worthy of God's people, and may assist her in any matter
in which she may need help. For she has indeed been a kind