Prayer for Unity in the Church
Romans 15:5-6
5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:5-6
Exhortation for Welcoming Unity in the Church
Romans 15:7
7 Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
Romans 15:7
The Scriptural Plan for Unity in the Church
Romans 15:8-13
8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.
Romans 15:8-9
9 As it is written,
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles… [2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49]
10 …“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” [Deuteronomy 32:43]
11 …“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,… [Psalm 117:1]
12 … he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.” [Isaiah 11:10] Romans 15:9-12
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13
The Missional Purpose for Unity in the Church
Romans 15:14-21
14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
Romans 15:14
15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God
Romans 15:15
16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:16
17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed,
Romans 15:17-18
19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;
Romans 15:19
20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation,
Romans 15:20
21 but as it is written, [Isaiah 52:15]
“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”
Romans 15:21