the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Romans 11:13
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I'm not blowing smoke, I'm talking to you outsiders now. God has given me the responsibility to go out and gather your pastures for his brand. I've got a good motive, too!
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as *I* am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
For I speak to you Gentiles, as I am the apostle of the Gentiles:
But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
For I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I magnifie mine office:
For I speak to you, the nations, since I am an apostle of the nations, (I glorify my ministry),
I speake vnto you Heythen: for in as moch as I am ye Apostle of the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office,
this concerns you Gentiles. for as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I should do honour to my character,
But I don't want to go on about them. It's you, the outsiders, that I'm concerned with now. Because my personal assignment is focused on the so-called outsiders, I make as much of this as I can when I'm among my Israelite kin, the so-called insiders, hoping they'll realize what they're missing and want to get in on what God is doing. If their falling out initiated this worldwide coming together, their recovery is going to set off something even better: mass homecoming! If the first thing the Jews did, even though it was wrong for them, turned out for your good, just think what's going to happen when they get it right!
But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
I speake to you gentyls in as moche as I am the Apostle of ye gentyls I will magnify myn office
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my service;
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:
For to you I speak -- to the nations -- inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;
Now I am speaking to you who are not Jews. I am an apostle to those who are not Jews, and since I have that work, I will make the most of it.
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
I am now speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to you, I will take pride in my work.
However, to those of you who are Gentiles I say this: since I myself am an emissary sent to the Gentiles, I make known the importance of my work
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
For in that I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of ye Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,
It is to you Gentiles that I speak, inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, and perhaps magnify my ministry:
For I speak to you who are Goyim. Since then as I am an apostle to Goyim, I glorify my ministry;
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Because I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I am glorifying my ministryActs 9:15; 13:2; 22:21; Romans 15:16; Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 3:8; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11;">[xr]
To you, Gentiles, I speak, I, who am apostle of the Gentiles, in my ministry I glory, [fn]
But [fn] to you Gentiles, I am speaking: as I am a legate to the Gentiles, I honor my ministry;
For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
I am speaking to you people who are not Jews. As long as I am a missionary to you, I want you to know how important my job is.
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry:
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry
Unto you, however, am I speaking, - you of the nations; inasmuch, indeed, then, as, I, am an apostle to the nations, my ministry, I glorify,
For I say to you, Gentiles: As long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,
For I speake to you gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of the gentiles, I magnifie myne office.
Now I am speaking to you people who are not Jews. I am an apostle to the non-Jewish people. So while I have that work, I will do the best I can.
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Therefore insofar as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.
But Y seie to you, hethene men, for as longe as Y am apostle of hethene men, Y schal onoure my mynysterie,
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the apostle: Romans 15:16-19, Acts 9:15, Acts 13:2, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, Galatians 1:16, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 2:7-9, Ephesians 3:8, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11, 2 Timothy 1:12, I magnify mine office. Rather, "I honour my ministry," פחם היבךןםיבם [Strong's G1248], לןץ [Strong's G3450], הןמבזש [Strong's G1392].
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:8 - and he shall Job 33:23 - one Luke 14:23 - compel Romans 1:1 - called Romans 3:29 - General 1 Corinthians 9:1 - I not an 2 Corinthians 11:28 - the care Ephesians 3:2 - the dispensation 1 Timothy 3:1 - desireth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For I speak to you Gentiles,.... The church at Rome, as the primitive churches for the most part did, consisted of Jews and Gentiles; hence the apostle sometimes addresses the one, as in Romans 2:17, and sometimes the other, as here; and this he does to observe unto them the grace and goodness of God, in enriching them with the Gospel of salvation; and that they might not despise the Jews, from whom it first came out, and through whose fall it came to them, and was preached among them by some of that nation:
in as much as I am the apostle of the Gentiles. He was ordained and set apart by God, in his eternal purposes, to be a teacher of the Gentiles; he was sent immediately by Christ to bear his name among them, though not among them only, to the exclusion of the people of Israel; he chiefly preached the Gospel to them, though sometimes to the Jews also; and the success of his ministry was mostly among the uncircumcision, though he sought by all ways and means to gain both Jews and Gentiles: hence he addresses the Gentiles with greater freedom and boldness, because he was their apostle, and had been so useful among them; and is a reason why we Gentiles should have a special regard to his writings; for though every word of God is pure, and all Scripture is divinely inspired, and is profitable on one account or other; nor is any part of it to be slighted and neglected; yet as Paul's epistles are written chiefly to the Gentile churches, excepting that to the Hebrews, and which some question whether it is his, they ought especially to be attended to by us; though, alas, of all the inspired writings they are had in the least esteem:
I magnify mine office: not himself, for he was not of a self-exalting spirit, but humble and lowly minded, ready at all times to own himself to be less than the least of saints and the chief of sinners; but his office, which he had received from Christ, as an instance of his grace and favour. This was magnified partly by the miracles, signs, and wonders done by him, in proof, and for the confirmation of his apostleship; and partly by his constant, diligent, and faithful preaching of the Gospel: as also by the unwearied pains he took to spread it far and near; and likewise by the numbers of souls he was the means of bringing to the knowledge of Christ; and it was no small accession of glory to his office, as an apostle of the Gentiles, that he was an instrument of the conversion of many among the Jews.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For I speak to you Gentiles - What I am saying respecting the Jews, I say with reference to you who are Gentiles, to show you in what manner you have been admitted to the privileges of the people of God; to excite your gratitude; to warn you against abusing those mercies. etc. As Paul also was appointed to preach to them, he had a right to speak to them with authority.
I am the apostle of the Gentiles - The apostle of the Gentiles, not because other apostles did not preach to Gentiles, for they all did, except perhaps James; nor because Paul did not himself preach occasionally among the Jews; but because he was especially called to carry the gospel to the Gentiles, and that this was his original commission Acts 9:15; because he was principally employed in collecting and organizing churches in pagan lands; and because the charge of the Gentile churches was especially intrusted to him, while that of the Jewish churches was especially intrusted to Peter; see Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 3:8; Galatians 2:7-8. As Paul was especially appointed to this function, he claimed special authority to address those who were gathered into the Christian church from pagan lands.
I magnify mine office - I honor δοξάζω doxazō my ministry. I esteem it of great importance; and by thus showing that the gospel is to be preached to the Gentiles, that the barrier between them and the Jews is to be broken down, that the gospel may be preached to all people, I show that the office which proclaims this is one of signal honor. A minister may not magnify himself, but he may magnify his office. He may esteem himself as less than the least of all saints, and unworthy to be called a servant of God Ephesians 3:8, yet he may feel that he is an ambassador of Christ, intrusted with a message of salvation, entitled to the respect due to an ambassador, and to the honor which is appropriate to a messenger of God To unite these two things constitutes the dignity of the Christian ministry.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 11:13. This and the following verse should be read in a parenthesis. St. Paul, as the apostle of the Gentiles, wished to show them the high pitch of glory and blessedness to which they had been called, that they might have a due sense of God's mercy in calling them to such a state of salvation; and that they might be jealous over themselves, lest they should fall as the Jews had done before them: and he dwells particularly on the greatness of those privileges which the Gentiles had now received, that he might stir up the minds of his countrymen to emulation, and might be the means of saving some of them, as he states in the following verse.
I magnify mine office — This is a very improper translation of την διακονιαν μου δοξαζω, which is, literally, I honour this my ministry. Dr. Taylor has justly observed that magnify, except when applied to the most High, carries with it, in our language, the idea of stretching beyond the bounds of truth; whereas the apostle simply means that he does justice to his ministry, by stating the glorious things which he was commissioned to preach among the Gentiles: blessings which the Jews by their obstinacy had forfeited.
