What does Romans 15:13 mean?
Paul closes the main teaching of his letter to the Romans with this prayer. The church in Rome included both Jewish and Gentile believers who struggled to accept one another, and Paul has just urged them to welcome each other as Christ welcomed them. He calls God "the God of hope," the source of all real hope. He prays that God will fill them with joy and peace "in believing," meaning these gifts come as we keep trusting him. The goal is that they would "abound in hope," overflowing with it, not by their own effort, but "through the power of the Holy Ghost."
Romans 15:13 in the World English Bible
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Context
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
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What does Romans 15:13 mean?
Paul closes the main teaching of his letter to the Romans with this prayer. The church in Rome included both Jewish and Gentile believers who struggled to accept one another, and Paul has just urged them to welcome each other as Christ welcomed them. He calls God "the God of hope," the source of all real hope. He prays that God will fill them with joy and peace "in believing," meaning these gifts come as we keep trusting him. The goal is that they would "abound in hope," overflowing with it, not by their own effort, but "through the power of the Holy Ghost."
What does Romans 15:13 say in the KJV?
Romans 15:13 (KJV) reads: “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”