It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name's sake;

Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

For the name of God is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as the Scripture itself says.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.

for Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.

and so that the Gentiles also should praise God for his mercy, as it is written, Therefore I will offer praise to thee among the Gentiles, And sing to thy name.

My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ's name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man's foundation.