16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
16 for me to beD8181 ministerD8182 of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.
be - This gives the sense most accurately; the object of the gift was his being minister; 'for,' eis. minister - An administrator officially employed. see Phil. 2.25; Heb. 1.7; 8.2. Leitourgos. as 'officers,' ch. 13.6.
16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering upK6872of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
offering up: Or, sacrificing.
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