Romans 15:15-18

15But I have written to you the more boldly, [brethren,] in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by 1God,

16for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings of 2God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.

17I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to 3God.

18For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,