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,

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, [seeking] by one at a time to find out the account,

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.

The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, [even] words of truth.

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear apart from a preacher?

of which I became a minister according to the free gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

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

to which I was appointed a herald and apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, when He brought a flood upon the ungodly world;

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

I am speaking truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience witnessing with me in the Holy Spirit,

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

Now, what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

Therefore the Jews said among themselves, "Where does this [man] intend to go that we will not find Him? Does He intend to go into the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

But the Lord said to him, "Go [your way], for he is a chosen vessel to Me to bear My name before Gentiles and kings, and the sons of Israel.

"Then He said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

but to those first in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, proclaiming that they must repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

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.

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

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;

Now arriving and gathering the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith for the Gentiles.

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by [the] faith of Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by [the] faith of Christ and not by [the] works of the law; because no flesh shall be justified by [the] works of the law.

Therefore those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

The works of His hands are truth and judgment; all His commandments are sure;