11. And again:“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,and let all the peoples praise him.”
12. And again Isaiah says:“The root of Jesse shall come,raised up to rule the Gentiles;in him shall the Gentiles hope.”
13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy Spirit.
14. I myself am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.
15. But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you, because of the grace given me by God
16. to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.