Romans 15:15-20

MNT(i) 15 Still I have written unto you the more boldly, in part, by way of reminding you, because of that gift of grace which God bestowed upon me, in making me a priest of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles. 16 I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have then my boast in Christ Jesus concerning the things of God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, 19 through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum. 20 My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ's name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man's foundation.