¹⁶ for me to be ^(A)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the ^(B)gospel of God, so that my ^(C)offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

³ being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, ^(A)ministered to by us, having been written not with ink but with the Spirit of ^(B)the living God, not on ^(C)tablets of stone but on ^(D)tablets of hearts of ^(E)flesh.

⁶ who also made us sufficient as ^(A)ministers of a ^(B)new covenant, not of ^(C)the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but ^(D)the Spirit gives life.

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

4 Therefore, since we have this ^(A)ministry, as we ^(B)received mercy, we ^(C)do not lose heart,

¹⁸ Now ^(A)all these things are from God, ^(B)who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ^(C)ministry of reconciliation,

⁴ but in everything ^(A)commending ourselves as ^(B)ministers of God, ^(C)in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,

^7 (A)of which I was made a ^(B)minister, according to the gift of ^(C)God’s grace which was given to me ^(D)according to the working of His power.

^25 (A)of which I ^[a]was made a minister according to the ^(B)stewardship from God given to me for you, so that I might ^[b]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

¹² I am grateful to ^(A)Christ Jesus our Lord, who has ^(B)strengthened me, because He regarded me faithful, ^(C)putting me into service,