Bible Verses About Religious Zeal

That is, that I might be comforted together with you, through our mutuall faith, both yours and mine.

Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue among the other Gentiles.

I am detter both to the Grecians, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise men and vnto the vnwise.

Therefore, as much as in me is, I am readie to preach ye Gospel to you also that are at Rome.

For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:

I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,

That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.

For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,

Brethren, mine hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saued.

For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge.

For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God.

For in that I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of ye Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,

To trie if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to follow them, and might saue some of them.

Not slouthfull to do seruice: seruent in spirit seruing the Lord,

Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.

For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,

With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ.

Yea, so I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should haue built on another mans foundation.

But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

Therefore also I haue bene oft let to come vnto you:

But nowe seeing I haue no more place in these quarters, and also haue bene desirous many yeeres agone to come vnto you,

When I shall take my iourney into Spaine, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I haue bene somewhat filled with your company.

But now go I to Hierusalem, to minister vnto the Saints.