9. and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will acknowledge You among the Gentiles,and I will sing praises to Your name.”
10. He also says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”
11. And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;let all the peoples praise Him.”
12. And again Isaiah says: “There shall be a root of Jesse;He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,in Him shall the Gentiles hope.”
13. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
14. Now I myself am persuaded concerning you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and also able to instruct one another.
15. Nevertheless, brothers, I have written even more boldly to you on some points, to remind you, because of the grace that is given to me from God,
16. that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17. In Christ Jesus therefore I have reason to boast in my service to God.
18. For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
19. by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
20. So I have strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, so that I should not build on another man’s foundation.
21. But as it is written: “To whom He was not announced, they shall see;and those who have not heard shall understand.”
22. For this reason also I was often hindered from coming to you.