Paul's Ministry to the Gentiles

14 I myself am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish [fn]others. 15 But I have written to you rather boldly in [fn]part, brothers, by way of reminder, because of the grace that was given to me by God 16 to be a minister of [fn]Jesus Christ to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything other than what Christ has accomplished through me to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the [fn]Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And in this way I aspire to preach the gospel where the name of Christ has not been heard, so that I do not build upon another's foundation, 21 but as it is written,

“Those who were not told about him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.”