Romans 15:16-19

Mace(i) 16 to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit. 17 I have therefore matter of glorying thro' Jesus Christ, with respect to divine service. 18 for I will not offer to mention any thing, but what Christ has wrought by me, to make the Gentiles christians, both in profession and practice: 19 by virtue of the miracles and prodigies wrought by the power of the divine spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and the neighbouring country, quite to Illyricum,