Romans 9:1
1Paul's Concern for the Jewish PeopleI am telling the truth in union with Christ—I am not lying, for my conscience, confirms it in the Holy Spirit.Rom 1:9; 2Cor 1:23; 11:31; 12:19; Gal 1:20; Phil 1:8; 1Tim 2:7Romans 11:13
13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Because I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I am glorifying my ministryActs 9:15; 13:2; 22:21; Rom 15:16; Gal 1:16; Eph 3:8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Romans 15:16
16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable because it has been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Isa 66:20; Rom 11:13; Gal 2:7-9; Phil 2:17; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Galatians 1:16
16to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with another human being ▼▼Lit. with flesh and blood
at any time,Matt 16:17; Acts 9:15; 22:21; 26:17-18; Rom 11:13; 1Cor 15:50; 2Cor 4:6; Eph 3:8; 6:12 Ephesians 3:7-8
7I have become a servant of this gospel ▼▼Lit. of it
according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power.Rom 1:5; Eph 1:19; Col 1:20, 23, 25 8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the Gentiles the immeasurable wealth of Christ1Cor 15:9; Gal 1:16; 2:8; Eph 1:7; Col 1:27; 1Tim 1:13, 15; 2:7; 2Tim 1:11 2 Timothy 1:11
11For the sake of this gospel ▼▼Lit. For which
I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. ▼▼Other mss. lack of the Gentiles
Acts 9:15; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 4:17
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