16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the [a]offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

17 [b]I have therefore whereof I may rejoice in Christ Jesus in those things which pertain to God.

18 For I dare not speak of anything, which [c]Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in word and deed,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:16 By the offering up of the Gentiles, he meaneth the Gentiles themselves, whom he offered to God as a sacrifice.
  2. Romans 15:17 He commendeth his Apostleship highly by the effects, but yet so that moreover and besides that he speaketh all things truly, he giveth all the glory to God as the only author: and doth not properly respect himself, but this rather: that men might less doubt of the truth of the doctrine which he propoundeth unto them.
  3. Romans 15:18 Christ was so with me in all things, and by all means, that if I would never so fain, yet I cannot say, what he hath done by me to bring the Gentiles to obey the Gospel.

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