Romans 15:18
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.
17 Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
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.
20 In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
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
- 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,
- KJV
- For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
- WEB
- For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- ASV
- For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- DARBY
- For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,
- BLB
- For I will not dare to speak of anything that Christ did not work through me for the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
- ÅB
- For jeg vil ikke våge å tale om noe annet enn det Kristus har virket gjennom meg for å føre hedningene til lydighet, ved ord og handling,
- OTB
- For jeg vil ikke våge å tale om noe annet enn det Kristus har utført gjennom meg i å lede hedningene til å adlyde Gud ved ord og gjerning,
- B1930
- for jeg vil ikke driste mig til å tale om annet enn det som Kristus har virket ved mig for å føre hedningene til lydighet, ved ord og gjerning,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 15:12
The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
Read in contextRomans 1:5
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
Read in contextActs 21:19
Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Read in contextProverbs 25:14
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Read in contextGalatians 2:8
For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
Read in contextRomans 16:26
but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith —
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:17
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
Read in contextActs 15:4
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
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