Romans 11:13
For I am speaking to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Cross References
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before Gentiles, and kings, and the sons of Israel;
Acts 22:21And he said to me: Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
Romans 15:16that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest in the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 2:2And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles; but privately, to those of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run in vain.
Ephesians 3:8To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
2 Timothy 1:11for which I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a 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 →