Romans 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
KJV
ὑμῖν δὲ λέγω τοῖς ἔθνεσιν. ἐφ’ ὅσον μὲν οὖν εἰμι ἐγὼ ἐθνῶν ἀπόστολος, τὴν διακονίαν μου δοξάζω,
Greek NT
Vobis enim dico gentibus : Quamdiu quidem ego sum gentium Apostolus, ministerium meum honorificabo,
Vulgate
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
ASV
For I say to you, Gentiles: As long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διακονία
diakonia
noun · 34×
δοξάζω
doxazo
verb · 61×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: γὰρ
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- γὰρ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: οὖν | WH/Treg/NIV: οὖν
- οὖν — SBLGNT
- οὖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§755"The Church is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles has been brought about and will be brought about again. That land, like a choice vineyard, has been planted by the heavenly cultivator. Yet the true vine is Christ who gives life and fruitfulness…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210229.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
2. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant; calling the signs spiritual, because they are the works of the Spirit alone, human effort contributing nothing to the working such wonders. And intending to discourse concerning them, first, as I said, he lays down the difference between soothsaying and prophecy, thus saying, You know that when you were…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
- 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
- 1Tim 3:1 — This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
- 2Cor 11:28 — Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
- 2Tim 1:11 — Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
- 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 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.
- Acts 22:21 — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- Acts 22:21 — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- Acts 26:17 — Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
- Acts 26:17 — Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
- Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- Gal 1:16 — To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
- Gal 2:2 — And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in va
- Gal 2:7 — But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
- Luke 14:23 — And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Rom 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
- Rom 15:16 — 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.
- Rom 15:16 — 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.