Romans 15:9-21

9and that the nations should glorify 1God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.

10And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

11And again, Praise the Lord, all [ye] nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

12And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over [the] nations: in him shall [the] nations hope.

13Now the 2God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by [the] power of [the] Holy Spirit.

14But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

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 3God,

16for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings of 4God, 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 5God.

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,

19in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the] Spirit of 6God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

20and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

21but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.