Romans 11:13
For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
In Context
14If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Cross References
Acts 9:15And the Lord said to him: Go thy way; for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.
Acts 22:21And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off, will I send thee.
Romans 15:16That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles; sanctifying the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.
Galatians 2:2And I went up according to revelation; and communicated to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run, or had run in vain.
Ephesians 3:8To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ,
2 Timothy 1:11Wherein I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and teacher of the Gentiles.
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →