Romans 11:13
For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Montgomery New Testament
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 might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some among them.
Cross References
Acts 9:15"Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;
Acts 22:21"‘Depart,’ he said to me, ‘for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.’"
Romans 15:16I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 2:2(I went up at that time in obedience to a revelation). And I laid before them the gospel which I am wont to preach among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those in authority, lest by any means I should be running, or should already have run, in vain.
Ephesians 3:8To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;
2 Timothy 1:11Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.
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 →