Romans 15:17
15 However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
18 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
- KJV
- I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
- WEB
- I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
- ASV
- I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
- DARBY
- I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.
- BLB
- Therefore I have ground for boasting in Christ Jesus [in] the [things] pertaining to God.
- ÅB
- Derfor har jeg min ros i Kristus Jesus når det gjelder min tjeneste for Gud.
- OTB
- Derfor har jeg i Kristus Jesus funnet grunn til å være stolt av ting som angår Gud.
- B1930
- Derfor har jeg min ros i Kristus Jesus, i min tjeneste for Gud;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 2:14–16
But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11–21
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
Read in contextHebrews 5:1
Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:4–6
Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:16–30
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
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