10. Again, it says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
11. And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”
12. And again, Isaiah says, “The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
14. I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge 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