4. For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
5. Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,
6. so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. Therefore welcome one another, just as Christ also welcomed us, for the glory of God.
8. Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
9. and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will acknowledge You among the Gentiles,and I will sing praises to Your name.”
10. He also says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”
11. And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;let all the peoples praise Him.”
12. And again Isaiah says: “There shall be a root of Jesse;He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,in Him shall the Gentiles hope.”
13. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
14. Now I myself am persuaded concerning you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and also able to instruct one another.
15. Nevertheless, brothers, I have written even more boldly to you on some points, to remind you, because of the grace that is given to me from God,
16. that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17. In Christ Jesus therefore I have reason to boast in my service to God.
18. For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
19. by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
20. So I have strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, so that I should not build on another man’s foundation.