Romans 11:13
New International Version
I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry

New Living Translation
I am saying all this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I stress this,

English Standard Version
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Berean Standard Bible
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Berean Literal Bible
Now I am speaking to you the Gentiles. Therefore indeed inasmuch as I am apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

King James Bible
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

New King James Version
For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

New American Standard Bible
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Therefore insofar as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

NASB 1995
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

NASB 1977
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Legacy Standard Bible
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Amplified Bible
But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Christian Standard Bible
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Insofar as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

American Standard Version
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But I say to you Gentiles, I who am an Apostle of the Gentiles, I honor my ministry.

Contemporary English Version
I am now speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to you, I will take pride in my work.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,

English Revised Version
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Now, I speak to you who are not Jewish. As long as I am an apostle sent to people who are not Jewish, I bring honor to my ministry.

Good News Translation
I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.

International Standard Version
I am speaking to you gentiles. Because I am an apostle to the gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Literal Standard Version
For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;

Majority Standard Bible
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

New American Bible
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry

NET Bible
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

New Revised Standard Version
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry

New Heart English Bible
For I speak to you who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify my ministry;

Webster's Bible Translation
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:

Weymouth New Testament
But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,

World English Bible
For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

Young's Literal Translation
For to you I speak -- to the nations -- inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

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Context
The Ingrafting of the Gentiles
12But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring! 13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.…

Cross References
Acts 9:15
"Go!" said the Lord. "This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Romans 15:16
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.


Treasury of Scripture

For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:

the apostle.

Romans 15:16-19
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost…

Acts 9:15
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Acts 13:2
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

I magnify mine office.

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Romans 11
1. God has not cast off all Israel.
7. Some were elected, though the rest were hardened.
16. There is hope of their conversion.
18. The Gentiles may not exult over them;
26. for there is a promise of their salvation.
33. God's judgments are unsearchable.














(13-16) In this I am speaking to you Gentiles. It is you who will benefit by the restoration of the Jews. And this is the real reason why, as Apostle of the Gentiles, I make the most of my office. I do it in order to incite to emulation my own countrymen, knowing that the effects of their rejection lead us to infer the very happiest effects from their readmission. For their end will be as their beginning was. They began their career as the chosen people of God, and the conclusion of it will be still more glorious.

(13) For I speak to you Gentiles.--The connecting particles in this verse must be altered according to an amended reading. "For" should be omitted, a full stop placed after "Gentiles," and "then" inserted after "inasmuch." "I speak to you Gentiles"--spoken with something of a pause. "Inasmuch then" (or, in so far then) "as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I seek to do honour to my office. But not without an arriere-pensee. My motive is at least partly to win over my own countrymen."

Verses 13, 14. - But (δὲ is better supported than γὰρ) I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch (or, so far) then (οϋν, which is not in the Textus Receptus, being read, and so connecting this clause with what follows) as I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry, if by any means I may provoke to jealousy (in the Authorized Version, emulation, but it is the same word as in ver. 11) my flesh (i.e. my kindred), and may save some of them. To the Gentiles, whom he now directly addresses, he thus intimates that, though he is especially their apostle, yet beyond them he has his own countrymen still in view, whose conversion, through theirs, he has ever close to his heart. I glorify (δοξάζω) my ministry - i.e, my apostleship to the Gentiles - may mean that I add glory to it, if I may, through it, attain that further purpose.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I am speaking
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to you
Ὑμῖν (Hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

Gentiles.
ἔθνεσιν (ethnesin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.

Inasmuch
ἐφ’ (eph’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

{as} I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

am
εἰμι (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] apostle
ἀπόστολος (apostolos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 652: From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.

to [the] Gentiles,
ἐθνῶν (ethnōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.

I magnify
δοξάζω (doxazō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1392: To glorify, honor, bestow glory on. From doxa; to render glorious.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

ministry,
διακονίαν (diakonian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1248: Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service.


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