For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to understand with a sound mind, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,

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

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for 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 every one of them, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being out of ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

who also made us able 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, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood,

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

by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),

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

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry,

to take part in this ministry and apostleship which Judas abandoned, that he might go to his own place.

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

(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),

and when Jacob, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

For I will not dare to speak of anything which Christ has not accomplished through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles in word and deed;

in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fulfilled the preaching of the gospel of Christ.

but now has been made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God, for obedience to the faith;

And the Word of God grew, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

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

and being ready to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

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

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

For from the east to the west, My name shall be great among the nations, and everywhere incense shall be offered to My name; and a pure food offering; for My name shall be great among the nations, says Jehovah of Hosts.

But cursed be a deceiver when there is a male in his flock, he vows it, but sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says Jehovah of Hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.

Simon has declared how God at the first looked upon the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

that we who previously trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His possession, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who did not have mercy but now have mercy.