For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.

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

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.

But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased

you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?

based on the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.

Apostleship

to take the place in this apostolic service that Judas left to go to his own place.”

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

since the One at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.

For obedience to the faith

For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith

among all nations—

So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him,

Among

Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too,

For his name

“For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.

But you are a chosen race,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises

of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.