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12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”[a] 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him,[b] so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter

14 But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters,[c] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:12 sn A quotation from Isa 11:10.
  2. Romans 15:13 tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).
  3. Romans 15:14 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.