11 And again, “Praise the Lord, all the Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.”
12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
13 Now 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 Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.
15 But I have written to you more boldly on some points, so as to remind you again because of the grace that has been given to me by God,
16 with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.