Romans 15:14–21

FROM JERUSALEM TO ILLYRICUM

¹⁴My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness,ⁱ filled with all knowledge,^j and able to instruct one another. ¹⁵Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points^K because of the grace given me by God^{k 16}to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,^l serving as a priest of the gospel of God.^m God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering,ⁿ sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus^o regarding what pertains to God.^{p 18}For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me^q by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles, ¹⁹by the power of miraculous signs and wonders,^r and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem^s all the way around to Illyricum.^{At 20}My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named,^u so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,^{v 21}but, as it is written,

Those who were not told about him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.^Bw