Romans 11:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

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  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • Rom 15:16-19 : 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit. 17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's. 18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act, 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
  • Gal 2:7-9 : 7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision 8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles); 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
  • 2 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher; 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

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  • Rom 15:15-19
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    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

    16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

    18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

    19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

  • Rom 11:11-12
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    11 So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

    12 Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?

  • Rom 11:14
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    14 If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

  • Col 1:25
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    25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

  • Acts 13:47
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    47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

  • Gal 2:8
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    8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • Eph 3:8
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    8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

  • Eph 3:1
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    1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    17 What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

    18 Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

  • Acts 26:17
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    17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

  • Acts 11:17
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    17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
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    30 If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

    12 I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

  • 2 Cor 11:7-8
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    7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

    8 I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10 As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

  • Rom 11:25
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    25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8 For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

  • 2 Cor 11:21-22
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    21 I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

    22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15 For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

    16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1 But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:

  • Eph 6:20
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    20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13 For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

  • 1 Cor 9:15-16
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    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

    16 For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

  • Gal 1:24
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    24 And they gave glory to God in me.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16 So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.