Romans 15:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

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  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and though I bee offered vp vpon the sacrifice, and seruice of your faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all.
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 For in that I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of ye Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 Then the Lord said vnto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Pavl a seruant of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle, put apart to preache the Gospel of God,
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 To doe good, and to distribute forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
  • Isa 66:19-20 : 19 And I will set a signe among them, and will send those that escape of them, vnto the nations of Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, and to them that drawe the bowe, to Tubal and Tauan, yles afarre off, that haue not heard my fame, neither haue seene my glorie, and they shall declare my glorie among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering vnto the Lord out of all nations, vpon horses, and in charets, and in horse litters, and vpon mules, and swift beastes, to Ierusalem mine holy Mountaine, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel, offer in a cleane vessell in the House of the Lorde.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 Yee also as liuely stones, bee made a spirituall house, an holy Priesthoode to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ.
  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroade in our heartes by the holy Ghost, which is giuen vnto vs.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we knowe not what to pray as wee ought: but the Spirit it selfe maketh request for vs with sighs, which cannot be expressed. 27 But he that searcheth the heartes, knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit: for he maketh request for ye Saints, according to the wil of God.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 Nowe as they ministred to the Lord, and fasted, the holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke whereunto I haue called them.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I passe not at all, neither is my life deare vnto my selfe, so that I may fulfill my course with ioye, and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And nowe brethren, I commend you to God, and to the worde of his grace, which is able to build further, and to giue you an inheritance, among all them, which are sanctified.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Deliuering thee from this people, and from the Gentiles, vnto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, that they may turne from darknes to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receiue forgiuenes of sinnes, and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by fayth in me.
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruing of God. 2 And fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but bee yee changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may prooue what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.
  • Rom 15:18 : 18 For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,
  • Rom 15:29 : 29 And I knowe when I come, that I shall come to you with abundance of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who is Paul then? And who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man?
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:
  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Knowe yee not, that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you, whom ye haue of God? and yee are not your owne.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as though God did beseeche you through vs, we pray you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled to God.
  • 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the will of God,
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft.
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter: 8 (For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)
  • Gal 3:5 : 5 He therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it through the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith preached?
  • Eph 2:18 : 18 For through him we both haue an entrance vnto the Father by one Spirit.
  • Eph 2:22-3:1 : 22 In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit. 1 For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 Now I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which came from you, an odour that smelleth sweete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 Nowe the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout: and I pray God that your whole spirite and soule and body, may be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 Which is according to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which is committed vnto me.
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 Whereunto I am ordeined a preacher and an Apostle (I speake the trueth in Christ, and lie not) euen a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and veritie.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

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  • Rom 15:31
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    31That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

  • Rom 15:17-20
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    17I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.

    18For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,

    19With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ.

    20Yea, so I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should haue built on another mans foundation.

  • Col 1:25
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    25Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,

  • Rom 11:13
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    13For in that I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of ye Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

  • Rom 15:25
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    25But now go I to Hierusalem, to minister vnto the Saints.

  • Rom 15:8-9
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    8Nowe I say, that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the trueth of God, to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers.

    9And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15Therefore, as much as in me is, I am readie to preach ye Gospel to you also that are at Rome.

    16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth, to the Iewe first, and also to the Grecian.

  • Acts 26:16-17
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    16But rise and stand vp on thy feete: for I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose, to appoint thee a minister and a witnesse, both of the things which thou hast seene, and of the things in the which I will appeare vnto thee,

    17Deliuering thee from this people, and from the Gentiles, vnto whom now I send thee,

  • Eph 3:7-8
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    7Whereof I am made a minister by the gift of the grace of God giuen vnto me through the effectuall working of his power.

    8Euen vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen, that I should preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ,

  • Rom 14:18
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    18For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of men.

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11Which is according to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which is committed vnto me.

    12Therefore I thanke him, which hath made me strong, that is, Christ Iesus our Lord: for he counted me faithfull, and put me in his seruice:

  • Acts 11:17
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    17For as much then as God gaue them a like gift, as he did vnto vs, when we beleeued in the Lorde Iesus Christ, who was I, that I coulde let God?

  • 1 Cor 9:15-18
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    15But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.

    16For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpon me, and woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel.

    17For if I do it willingly, I haue a reward, but if I do it against my will, notwithstanding the dispensation is committed vnto me.

    18What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that I abuse not mine authoritie in ye Gospel.

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.

    11Now I certifie you, brethren, that ye Gospel which was preached of me, was not after man.

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    1Pavl a seruant of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle, put apart to preache the Gospel of God,

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not meete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

    11Wherefore, whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so haue ye beleeued.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15But when it pleased God (which had separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace)

    16To reueile his Sonne in me, that I should preach him among the Gentiles, immediatly I communicated not with flesh and blood:

  • 2 Cor 11:7-8
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    7Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?

    8I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13(Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men)

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

  • Phil 2:17
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    17Yea, and though I bee offered vp vpon the sacrifice, and seruice of your faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all.

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

  • Acts 13:47
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    47For so hath the Lord commanded vs, saying, I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be the saluation vnto the end of the world.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue among the other Gentiles.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had embraced them, hee tolde by order all things, that God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration.

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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    19(And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

  • Gal 2:8
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    8(For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

  • Acts 20:24
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    24But I passe not at all, neither is my life deare vnto my selfe, so that I may fulfill my course with ioye, and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.

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    28When I haue therefore performed this, and haue sealed them this fruite, I will passe by you into Spaine.