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through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,(A)

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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;(A)

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26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith(A)

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The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.(A)

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11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name and a pure offering, for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.(A)

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10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.(A)

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For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.(A)

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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.(B)

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  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,(A)

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25 to take the place[a] in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

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  1. 1.25 Other ancient authorities read the share

11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

Gratitude for Mercy

12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,(A)

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for surely[a] you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words,[b](A) a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ.(B) In former generations this mystery[c] was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:(C) that is, the gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.(D)

Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the working of his power. Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ(E) and to make everyone see[d] what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in[e] God, who created all things,(F)

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  1. 3.2 Or if indeed
  2. 3.3 Or wrote before in brief
  3. 3.5 Gk it
  4. 3.9 Other ancient authorities read to bring to light
  5. 3.9 Or by

12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.

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to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

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(for he who worked through Peter making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me in sending me to the gentiles), and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.(A)

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15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(A) 16 to reveal his Son to me,[b] so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,(B)

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  1. 1.15 Other ancient authorities read God
  2. 1.16 Gk in me

for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human,[a] but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments(A) and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.(B) We are ready to punish every disobedience when your obedience is complete.(C)

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  1. 10.4 Gk fleshly

Not that we are qualified of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our qualification is from God,(A) who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(B)

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If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.(A)

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18 For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit,[a] so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(A)

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  1. 15.19 Other ancient authorities read the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit

15 Nevertheless, on some points I have written to you rather boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God(A) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.(B)

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29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of gentiles also? Yes, of gentiles also,

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16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.[a](A)

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  1. 1.16 Or grace in place of grace

14 Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name.

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14 Cursed be the cheat who has a male in the flock and vows to give it and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished, for I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is reverenced among the nations.(A)

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