Romans 15:9-21

⁹And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

¹⁰And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.

¹¹And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.

¹²And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

¹³Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

¹⁵But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

¹⁶To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

¹⁸And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

¹⁹By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

²⁰Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

²¹But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.