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Romans 15:14-33
WHERE CHRIST WAS NOT KNOWN - Jun 28, 2023 -
Romans 15:1-13
ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER - Jun 27, 2023 -
Romans 15:14-33
PAUL, A MINISTER OF CHRIST JESUS - Feb 11, 2020 -
Romans 15:1-13
ACCEP ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST JESUS - Feb 10, 2020 -
Romans 15:1-6
WITH ONE HEART AND MOUTH GLORIFY GOD - Jan 01, 2000 -
Romans 15:7-13
ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST ACCEPTED YOU - Jan 01, 2000 -
Romans 15:23-33
FIRST TO JERUSALEM - Jan 01, 2000
THE PRIESTLY DUTY OF A MISSIONARY
Passage:
Romans 15:14-22
Key verse: 16
NIV
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,(A) filled with knowledge(B) and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me(C) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.(D) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,(E) so that the Gentiles might become an offering(F) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus(G) in my service to God.(H) 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles(I) to obey God(J) by what I have said and done— 19 by the power of signs and wonders,(K) through the power of the Spirit of God.(L) So from Jerusalem(M) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(N) 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(O) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(P) 21 Rather, as it is written:
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.(R)
Footnotes
- Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)
Cross references
- Romans 15:14 : Eph 5:9
- Romans 15:14 : S 2Co 8:7; 2Pe 1:12
- Romans 15:15 : S Ro 12:3
- Romans 15:16 : S Ac 9:15
- Romans 15:16 : ver 19; S Ro 1:1
- Romans 15:16 : Isa 66:20
- Romans 15:17 : Php 3:3
- Romans 15:17 : Heb 2:17
- Romans 15:18 : Ac 15:12; 21:19; Ro 1:5
- Romans 15:18 : Ro 16:26
- Romans 15:19 : S Jn 4:48; Ac 19:11
- Romans 15:19 : S ver 13
- Romans 15:19 : Ac 22:17-21
- Romans 15:19 : S 2Co 2:12
- Romans 15:20 : Ro 1:15
- Romans 15:20 : 2Co 10:15, 16
- Romans 15:21 : Isa 52:15
- Romans 15:22 : Ro 1:13
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ESV
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 (A)I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[a] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with (B)all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, (C)because of the grace given me by God 16 to be (D)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (E)in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that (F)the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have (G)reason to be proud of (H)my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except (I)what Christ has accomplished through me (J)to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 (K)by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that (L)from Jerusalem and all the way around (M)to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (N)lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21 but as it is written,
(O)“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”
Paul's Plan to Visit Rome
22 This is the reason why (P)I have so often been hindered from coming to you.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 15:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30
Cross references
- Romans 15:14 : [2 Pet. 1:12; 3:1; 1 John 2:21]
- Romans 15:14 : 1 Cor. 1:5; 13:2; [1 Cor. 8:1, 7, 10; 12:8]
- Romans 15:15 : See ch. 1:5
- Romans 15:16 : See ch. 11:13
- Romans 15:16 : [Mal. 1:11]
- Romans 15:16 : Isa. 66:20; [Phil. 2:17]
- Romans 15:17 : Phil. 3:3
- Romans 15:17 : Heb. 2:17; 5:1
- Romans 15:18 : Acts 15:12; 21:19; Gal. 2:8
- Romans 15:18 : See ch. 1:5
- Romans 15:19 : 2 Cor. 12:12; [Acts 19:11]
- Romans 15:19 : Acts 22:17-21
- Romans 15:19 : [Acts 20:1, 2]
- Romans 15:20 : [2 Cor. 10:13, 15, 16]
- Romans 15:21 : Cited from Isa. 52:15
- Romans 15:22 : ch. 1:13; [1 Thess. 2:18]
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1. Mission, a gift of God's grace (14-16)
It is by God's grace that we are Christians, and by his grace that we are missionaries and Bible teachers. God's people are called to be a kingdom of priests. A priest stands between men and God. He brings men to God and brings God to men. Paul saw the work of proclaiming the gospel as a priestly ministry. To call people to 'the obedience that comes from faith' is to offer them to God. God shows that he accepts the offering when the Holy Spirit works to change people's hearts.
2. Go where Christ is not known (17-22)
Paul wanted all people everywhere to repent and believe and obey the Sovereign God. When all people love and obey God, then creation order is restored. So Paul wanted to pioneer places where Christ was not known, and lay foundations. He was so busy doing this that he had not had an opportunity to visit Rome, even though Rome was the strategic center of the Gentile world.
Prayer: Lord, help me to see the world from your point of view, and obey your world mission command.
One Word: A priestly ministry
