This is the gospel Paul announces. He has “received grace and apostleship” (v 5—ie: both his job as apostle, and the power to accomplish it, grace). And his specific role is “to call people from among all the Gentiles.” The gospel is for God’s ancient people, the Jews—but it is not only for them. God has commissioned Paul to take the message of his Son to those who are not Jews. He is God’s “chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before