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Romans 15:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,  serving as a priest of the gospel of God.  God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering,  sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Insofar as I am an apostle to the Gentiles,  I magnify my ministry,


Paul, a ser?vant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle  , and set apart  for the gospel of God   #– #


But even if I am poured out  as a drink offering  on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.


But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for this man is my chosen instrument   to take my name to Gentiles,   kings, and Israelites.


For this gospel I was appointed  a herald, apostle, and teacher,


that conforms to the gospel  concerning the glory of the blessed God,  which was entrusted to me.


Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.


For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me  by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,


But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course  and the ministry  I received from the Lord Jesus,  to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.


For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle  (I am telling the truth;  I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles  in faith and truth.


Therefore, we are ambassadors  for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf,  ‘Be reconciled to God.’


A person should think of us in this way: as servants  of Christ and managers  of the mysteries of God.


you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood  to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God  through Jesus Christ.


It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you  by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven   #– #angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.


Now may the God of peace  himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit,  soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming  of our Lord  Jesus Christ.


For you remember our labour and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working  night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.


On the contrary, after we had previously suffered  and were treated outrageously in Philippi,  as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.


But I have received everything in full,  and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied,  having received from Epaphroditus  what you provided #– #a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing  to God.


In him you are also being built together  for God’s dwelling  in the Spirit.


For through him we both have access  in one Spirit to the Father.


So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles  among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard #– #


Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman #– #I’m a better one: with far more labours, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.


and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.


Don’t you know that your body is a temple  of the Holy Spirit  who is in you,  whom you have from God? You are not your own,


What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.


I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing  of Christ.


This hope will not disappoint us,  because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts  through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.


‘He said to me, “Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.”  ’


‘And now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace,  which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance  among all who are sanctified.


As they were worshipping  the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’


by the power of miraculous signs and wonders,  and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem  all the way around to Illyricum.  ,


My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named,  so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,


and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us,  a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.


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