Romans 15:16

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Summary

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

I should

Offering up

Being

General references

Romans 3:29

Bible References

I should

For I will not dare to say any thing of those things which Christ hath not wrought by my ministry, to engage the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

For I address myself to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am indeed the apostle of the Gentiles, I exalt my ministry:

But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel:

And as they were employed in the ministry, and kept a fast, the Holy Ghost said, Set apart for me now both Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.

delivering thee both from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee,

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but the ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each [of us]?

LET a man so account of us, as the under servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God exhorted you by us; we entreat you for Christ's sake, be ye reconciled to God.

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak foolishly) I am above [them]: in labours more abundantly, in stripes exceedingly more, in prisons more frequently, in the most immediate danger of death often.

but contrariwise when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, as Peter was to the circumcision:

FOR this cause [am] I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

of which I am ordained a preacher and apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Offering up

I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

And not [merely] as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God.

Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

But I have now all things, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus your bounty, an odour of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

But of beneficence, and liberal distribution, be not unmindful: for such sacrifices God accepts with delight.

ye also, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

Being

and hope doth not make us ashamed; because the love of God is poured out into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.

In like manner also the Spirit affords assistance to our infirmities: for even this, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not: but the same Spirit more abundantly maketh intercession for us with groanings unutterable.

And now, brethren, I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to finish the superstructure, and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Do ye not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?

for through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

General references

Is he the God of the Jews only, and is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, verily, of the Gentiles also: