Romans 11:13
But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
14trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.
Cross References
Acts 9:15"Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.
Acts 22:21"`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
Romans 15:16that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice--namely the Gentiles--may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is) an offering which the Holy Spirit has made holy.
Galatians 2:2I went up in obedience to a revelation of God's will; and I explained to them the Good News which I proclaim among the Gentiles. To the leaders of the Church this explanation was made in private, 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 God's people has this work been graciously entrusted--to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth of Christ,
2 Timothy 1:11of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to 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 →