Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁴ My brothers, I myself believe that you are very good people. I believe that you know many things and are able to teach one another.

¹⁵ I have written strong words to you. There are some things I want you to remember. I have written because of the gift God has given to me.

¹⁶ I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the people who are not Jews. I am like a priest to them, to tell them God's good news. Then I offer the people to God. That pleases God. They have been accepted by him and made holy by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ So, because of Christ Jesus, I am proud of my work for God.

¹⁸ I will speak only of what Christ has done through me. People who are not Jews have obeyed the good news. They have obeyed because of what I told them and because of what I did.

¹⁹ I had the power to do signs and wonderful things through the power of the Holy Spirit. So I have told the good news of Christ all the way from the city of Jerusalem to the country of Illyricum.

²⁰ I have wanted to tell the good news where people have not heard the name of Christ. I did not want to work where another man had started to work.

²¹ The holy writings say, `They were not told about him, but they will see him. And the people who have not heard of him will understand.'