with the only explicit statement the apostle makes about his purpose for writing found in 15:15–16: Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me, to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might be an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. This confirms that Paul’s primary purpose in writing Romans was to minister to
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