12And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.
13Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
14And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.
15But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,
16To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
17So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.
18And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
