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Romans 15:27

GenerosityFellowship and the church

25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.

28 So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.

29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

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BSB
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
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.
WEB
Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material 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.
DARBY
They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.
BLB
For they were pleased, and they are debtors of them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual [things], they ought also to minister to them in the fleshly [things].
ÅB
De har villet det, og de står også i gjeld til dem. For har hedningene fått del i deres åndelige goder, er det rimelig at de også tjener dem med de materielle goder.
OTB
De var glade for å gjøre det, og de skylder dem det. For hvis hedningene har delt i jødenes åndelige velsignelser, skylder de å dele med dem sine materielle velsignelser.
B1930
De har så villet, og de står også i gjeld til dem; for har hedningene fått del i deres åndelige goder, da er de også skyldige til å tjene dem med de timelige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Galatians 6:6

    Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:11

    If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

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  • Philemon 1:19

    I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

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  • Romans 11:17

    Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

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