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Click on the link to hear the penultimate podcast in our series Romans A-Z.  This lesson (16 minutes) reveals Paul's philosophy of ministry, and something of his grand vision for how the Old Testament scriptures are being fulfilled in his outreach to the Gentiles.

Verses referred to: 2 Corinthians 12:12; Acts 28; Isaiah 66:18-20; Acts 13:47 (see 2:39); 1 Corinthians 16; 2 Corinthians 8-9; Acts 2:10.

The excerpt from 1 Clement (c.96 AD) that may be referring to a Pauline visit to Rome is found in chapter 5: “Owing to envy, Paul also obtained the reward of patient endurance, after being seven times thrown into captivity, compelled to flee, and stoned. After preaching both in the east and west, he gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the holy place, having proved himself a striking example of patience.” And here is an article on the Pillars of Hercules.

Memory passage suggestion: "It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation" (15:20).