In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.

But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly--by way of refreshing your memories--

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.

I do not mean that we are fit to form any judgment by ourselves, as if on our own authority;

But when God, who had set me apart even before my birth, and who called me by his love,

For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,

as is taught in the glorious Good News of the ever-blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

Apostleship

To take the place in this apostolic work, which Judas has abandoned, to go to his proper place."

If I am not an Apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal that stamps me as an Apostle in union with the Lord.

For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.

For obedience to the faith

For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles--

And, in obedience to the command of the Immortal God, made known through the writings of the Prophets to all nations, to secure submission to the Faith--

So God's Message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the Faith.

The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.

and, being made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the source of eternal Salvation,

Among

Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Is not he also the God of the Gentiles?

For his name

Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from among them a people to bear his Name.

And so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving- kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;

But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.