14 I'm convinced,
brothers and sisters,
that you, too, are
filled with goodness.
I'm also convinced that
you have all the
knowledge you need and
that you are able to
instruct each other.
15 However, I've
written you a letter,
parts of which are
rather bold, as a
reminder to you. I'm
doing this because God
gave me the gift
16 to be a
servant of Christ Jesus
to people who are not
Jewish. I serve as a
priest by spreading the
Good News of God. I do
this in order that I
might bring the nations
to God as an acceptable
offering, made holy by
the Holy Spirit.
17 So Christ
Jesus gives me the right
to brag about what I'm
doing for God.
18 I'm bold
enough to tell you only
what Christ has done
through me to bring
people who are not
Jewish to obedience. By
what I have said and
done,
19 by the power
of miraculous and
amazing signs, and by
the power of God's
Spirit, I have finished
spreading the Good News
about Christ from
Jerusalem to Illyricum.
20 My goal was to
spread the Good News
where the name of Christ
was not known. I didn't
want to build on a
foundation which others
had laid.
21 As Scripture
says,
Romans 15:14-21 (GW)