Romans 11:13
Now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry
Text-Critical English NT
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 somehow I provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Cross References
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a vessel chosen by me to bring my name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
Acts 22:21Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go, for I will send yoʋ far away to the Gentiles.’”
Romans 15:16to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 2:2I went up in response to a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were held in high esteem, to make sure that I was not running or had not run in vain.
Ephesians 3:8This grace was given to me, the very least of all the saints, to preach among the Gentiles the good news of the boundless riches of Christ,
2 Timothy 1:11For this gospel I was appointed to be a preacher, 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 →