13. Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
14. if I can somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.
15. For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
16. Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.