And I say, through the grace which is given to me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath distributed to every one.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly to you, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace which is given to me of God,

And out of his fulness have we all received, even grace upon grace. For the law was given by Moses,

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God:

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

given me to you ward, That by revelation he made known to me the mystery:

According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am instructed.

Apostleship

To take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, to go to his own place.

Are not ye my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet I am to you; for ye are the seal of my apostleship.

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought likewise effectually in me toward the Gentiles:

For obedience to the faith

For I will not dare to speak of any thing which Christ hath not done by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders,

But now made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God,

And the word of God grew, and the number of disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem greatly: and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the throwing down of strong-holds.)

became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey him,

Among

Is God the God of the Jews only, and not also of the Gentiles? Surely of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God who will justify the circumcision by faith,

For his name

Simon hath declared, how God at first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

To the praise of the glory of his grace,

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a purchased people, that ye may shew forth the virtues of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Who in time past were not a people, but now are the people of God;