tiles, and sing unto thy name." (10)And again he saith[83],
"Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people." (11)And again[84], "Praise the
Lord, all ye nations, and laud him, all ye people." (12)And again
Isaiah saith, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to
reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust[85]." (13)Now
the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost.

(14)And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye
yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to
admonish one another. (15)But I have written to you, my brethren, in
part, with greater freedom, as refreshing your memory through the grace
which is given to me of God; (16)that I should be the minister of Jesus
Christ unto the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God; that the
oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy
Ghost.

(17)I have therefore cause to glory in Christ Jesus with regard to the
things of God. (18)For I will not dare to say any thing of those things
which Christ hath not wrought by my ministry, to engage the obedience
of the Gentiles, by word and deed, (19)by the power of signs and
miracles, by the might of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem,
and in a circle quite round unto Illyricum, I have fully spread the
gospel of Christ. (20)But I have in such manner endeavoured to preach
the gospel, not where Christ's name had been heard, lest I should build
upon another man's foundation: (21)but as it is written[86], "To whom
the tidings concerning him have not reached, they shall see, and they
who have not heard, shall understand." (22)Wherefore also I have found
many things to hinder me from coming to you; (23)but now having no
longer cause to detain me in these regions, and having an earnest
desire to come unto you for many years past, (24)whenever I proceed on
my journey into Spain, I will come unto you: for I hope on my journey
to see you, and by you to be forwarded thither, after I shall have
first, in a measure, fully enjoyed your society. (25)But I am now going
to Jerusalem, to carry alms to the saints. (26)For Macedonia and Achaia
have been pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the
saints that are at Jerusalem. (27)They have been so pleased indeed, and
their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been admitted to a
participation in their spiritual things, they