Romans 15:16-19
15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve
the gospel of God
like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering,
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
15:17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Acts 9:15
9:15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument
to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
Acts 13:2
13:2 While they were serving
the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart
for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 22:21
22:21 Then
he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 26:17-18
26:17 I will rescue
you from your own people
and from the Gentiles, to whom
I am sending you
26:18 to open their eyes so that they turn
from darkness to light and from the power
of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share
among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Galatians 1:16
1:16 to reveal his Son in
me so that I could preach him
among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from
any human being,
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.
Galatians 2:7-9
2:7 On the contrary, when they saw
that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised
just as Peter was to the circumcised
2:8 (for he who empowered
Peter for his apostleship
to the circumcised
also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)
2:9 and when James, Cephas,
and John, who had a reputation as
pillars,
recognized
the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me
the right hand of fellowship, agreeing
that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Ephesians 3:8
3:8 To me – less than the least of all the saints
– this grace was given,
to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:1
Paul's Relationship to the Divine Mystery
3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –
Ephesians 2:7
2:7 to demonstrate in the coming ages
the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward
us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:2
2:2 in which
you formerly lived
according to this world’s present path,
according to the ruler of the kingdom
of the air, the ruler of
the spirit
that is now energizing
the sons of disobedience,
Ephesians 1:11-12
1:11 In Christ
we too have been claimed as God’s own possession,
since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope
on Christ,
would be to the praise of his glory.