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Now I say that Christ has been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
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and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, And sing to your name."
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Again he says, "Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."
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Again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him."
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Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, He who arises to rule over the Gentiles; On him will the Gentiles hope."
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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.
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But I write the more boldly to you in some measure, as putting you again in memory, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
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that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
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For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
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in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God`s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;