Romans 11:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

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  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Rom 15:16-19 : 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running– or had not run– in vain.
  • Gal 2:7-9 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles) 9 and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle– I am telling the truth; I am not lying– and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • 2 Tim 1:11-12 : 11 For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 15:15-19
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    15But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

    16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

    19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

  • Rom 11:11-12
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    11I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

    12Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?

  • Rom 11:14
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    14if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”

  • Col 1:25
    72%

    25I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God– given to me for you– in order to complete the word of God,

  • Acts 13:47
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    47For this is what the Lord has commanded us:‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

  • Gal 2:8
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    8(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • Eph 3:8
    72%

    8To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

  • Eph 3:1
    72%

    1Paul’s Relationship to the Divine Mystery For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

    18Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

  • Acts 26:17
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    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle– I am telling the truth; I am not lying– and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • Acts 11:17
    70%

    17Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
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    30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.

    12I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

  • 2 Cor 11:7-8
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    7Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

    8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

  • 2 Cor 11:10
    69%

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • Rom 15:31
    69%

    31Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

  • Rom 11:25
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    25For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

  • 2 Cor 10:8
    69%

    8For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

  • 2 Cor 11:21-22
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    69%

    21(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

    22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

  • Rom 1:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

    16The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    69%

    10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

    11Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
    69%

    9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    69%

    1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,

  • Eph 6:20
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    20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

  • 1 Cor 9:15-16
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    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

    16For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

  • Gal 1:24
    68%

    24So they glorified God because of me.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.