15. But I have written to you very openly about some things that I wanted you to remember. I did this because God gave me this special gift:
16. to be a servant of Christ Jesus for those who are not Jews. I serve like a priest whose duty it is to tell God’s Good News. He gave me this work so that you non-Jewish people could be an offering that he will accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.
17. That is why I feel so good about what I have done for God in my service to Christ Jesus.
18. I will not talk about anything I did myself. I will talk only about what Christ has done with me in leading the non-Jewish people to obey God. They have obeyed him because of what I have said and done.