13 [a]Now the God of [b]hope fill you with [c]all joy, and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.

14 [d]And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that [e]ye also are full of goodness, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have somewhat boldly after a sort written unto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is given me of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:13 He sealeth up as it were all the former treatise with prayers, wishing all that to be given them of the Lord, that he had commanded them.
  2. Romans 15:13 In whom we hope.
  3. Romans 15:13 Abundantly and plentifully.
  4. Romans 15:14 The conclusion of the Epistle, wherein he first excuseth himself, that he hath written somewhat at large unto them, rather to warn them, than to teach them, and that of necessity, by reason of his vocation, which bindeth him peculiarly to the Gentiles.
  5. Romans 15:14 Of your own accord, and of yourselves.

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(A) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(B)

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14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,(C) filled with knowledge(D) and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me(E)

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