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

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”

and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation,