For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself too highly, beyond what you should think, but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one a measure of faith.

And I write more boldly to you brothers, in part, as reminding you, because of the grace having been given to me by God,

that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God as a priest, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

And out of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

who also has made us efficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of [the] letter but of [the] Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit makes alive.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,

to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

with reference to which, when you read, you can understand my insight in the mystery of Christ,

that the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers in His promise in Christ by the gospel,

To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, [with] which I was entrusted.

And I give thanks to the [One] who empowers me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me faithful, putting me into the ministry,

"to receive the portion in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

If I am not an apostle to others, yet indeed I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

(for He who worked with Peter in [the] apostleship to the circumcised, worked also with me in [that for] the Gentiles),

and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace which was given to me, they gave me and Barnabas [their] right [hands] of fellowship, that we [should go] to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised;

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ did not work out through me, in word and deed, for the obedience of [the] Gentiles--

in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

[] but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God, for obedience to the faith--

And the word of God was growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was being multiplied exceedingly, and a great many of the priests were obeying the faith.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty by God to the pulling down of strongholds,

and being ready to avenge every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.

And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

Or is He the God of the Jews only? But is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, also of Gentiles,

For from the rising of the sun, even to the going down thereof, My name has been glorified among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to My name, and a pure offering: for My name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord Almighty.

And cursed is [the man] who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and My name is glorious among the nations.

Simon had declared how God first visited [them] to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.

so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in Christ;

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

who formerly [were] not a people but now [are the] people of God, who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.