Romans 15:17-21
International Standard Version
17 Therefore, in the Messiah[a] Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God. 18 For I am bold enough to tell you only about what the Messiah[b] has accomplished through me in bringing gentiles to obedience. By my words and actions, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit,[c] I have fully proclaimed the gospel of the Messiah[d] from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum. 20 My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of the Messiah[e] is not known, so I don’t[f] build on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written,
“Those who were never told about him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”[g]
Footnotes
- Romans 15:17 Or Christ
- Romans 15:18 Or Christ
- Romans 15:19 Other mss. read of the Holy Spirit
- Romans 15:19 Or Christ
- Romans 15:20 Or Christ
- Romans 15:20 Lit. known, lest I
- Romans 15:21 Isa 52:15
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