Act 15:36, 40-41, 18:23, 20:2, 18-35, Rom 1:14, 11:13, 15:16, 16:4 | ESV | STEP | And after some days Paul said to Barnabas , Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord , and see how they are .

36 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit ^athe brothers ^bin every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”

Acts 15:40-41

40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, ^chaving been commended by ^dthe brothers to ^ethe grace of the Lord. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, ^fstrengthening the churches.

Acts 18:23

23 After spending some time there, he departed and ^gwent from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, ^hstrengthening all the disciples.

Acts 20:2

2 When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.

Acts 20:18-35

18 And when they came to him, he said to them:

ⁱ“You yourselves know ^jhow I lived among you the whole time ^kfrom the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19 ^lserving the Lord ^mwith all humility and with ⁿtears and with trials that happened to me through ^othe plots of the Jews; 20 how I ^pdid not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and ^qteaching you in public and from house to house, 21 ^rtestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of ^srepentance toward God and of ^tfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained ^uby ^{▼▼Or bound in} the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that ^wthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that ^ximprisonment and ^yafflictions await me. 24 But ^zI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^aaI may finish my course and ^abthe ministry ^acthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ^adto testify to ^aethe gospel of ^afthe grace of God. 25 And now, behold, ^agI know that none of you among whom I have gone about ^ahproclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26 Therefore ^aiI testify to you this day that ^ajI am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for ^akI did not shrink from declaring to you ^althe whole counsel of God. 28 ^amPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^anthe flock, in which ^aothe Holy Spirit has made you ^apoverseers, ^aqto care for ^arthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^atobtained ^auwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own} 29 I ^awknow that after my departure ^axfierce wolves will come in among you, ^aynot sparing the flock; 30 and ^azfrom among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore ^babe alert, remembering that ^bbfor three years I did not cease night or day ^bcto admonish every one ^bdwith tears. 32 And now ^beI commend you to God and to ^bfthe word of his grace, which is able to ^bgbuild you up and to give you ^bhthe inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 ^biI coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. 34 ^bjYou yourselves know that ^bkthese hands ministered to my necessities and ^blto those who were with me. 35 In all things ^bmI have shown you that ^bnby working hard in this way we must ^bohelp the weak and ^bpremember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed ^bqto give than to receive.’”

Romans 1:14

14 ^brI am under obligation both to Greeks and to ^bsbarbarians, ^{▼▼That is, non-Greeks} both to the wise and to the foolish.

Romans 11:13

13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^buI am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Romans 15:16

16 to be ^bva minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles ^bwin the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that ^bxthe offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 16:4

4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.