Romans 11:13

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“I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry”

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BSBPD

“I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For to you I speak--to the nations--inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 11:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
  2. Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
  3. Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  4. Acts 26:17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
  5. Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  6. Galatians 1:16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
  7. Galatians 2:2I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
  8. Galatians 2:7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
  9. Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  10. 1 Timothy 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
  11. 2 Timothy 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

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