5. Patience and encouragement come from God. And I pray that God will help you all agree with each other the way Christ Jesus wants.
6. Then you will all be joined together, and you will give glory to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. Christ accepted you, so you should accept each other. This will bring glory to God.
8. I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews. This was to show that God’s promises to the Jewish ancestors are true.
9. And he also did this so that the non-Jews could give glory to God for the mercy he gives to them. It is written in the Scriptures:“So I will praise you among the non-Jewish people.I will sing praises to your name.” Psalm 18:49
10. The Scripture also says,