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14 I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers,[a] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. 15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, 16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:14 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”

Paul’s Reason for Writing So Boldly

14 I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.(A) 15 Nevertheless, on some points I have written to you rather boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God(B) 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.(C)

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