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and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'

and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;'

and again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations--upon him shall nations hope;'

for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named--that upon another's foundation I might not build--

but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

and I have known that coming unto you--in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you--for she also became a leader of many, and of myself.

Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus--

and the assembly at their house; salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is first-fruit of Achaia to Christ.

salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

Salute Amplias, my beloved in the Lord;

salute Arbanus, our fellow-workman in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved;

salute Apelles, the approved in Christ; salute those of the household of Aristobulus;

salute Herodion, my kinsman; salute those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord;

salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

Salute Rufus, the choice one in the Lord, and his mother and mine,

salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen!

I Tertius salute you (who wrote the letter) in the Lord;