Romans 15:17

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Romans 15:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me

16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

17 Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

18 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

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Romans 4:2

If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

2 Corinthians 3:4

Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3:6

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 7:4

Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:17

In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

2 Corinthians 11:18

Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

2 Corinthians 11:19

For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

2 Corinthians 11:21

To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

2 Corinthians 11:24

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

2 Corinthians 11:27

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

2 Corinthians 11:28

Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

2 Corinthians 11:30

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:1

I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:12

The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.

2 Corinthians 12:13

In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

2 Corinthians 12:14

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

2 Corinthians 12:15

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

2 Corinthians 12:16

Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

2 Corinthians 12:17

Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?

2 Corinthians 12:18

I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

Hebrews 5:1

Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.