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For I speak
The best texts read δὲ but instead of γάρ for. The sentence does not state the reason for the prominence of the Gentiles asserted in Rom 11:12, but makes a transition from the statement of the divine plan to the statement of Paul's own course of working on the line of that plan. He labors the more earnestly for the Gentiles with a view to the salvation of his own race.
Inasmuch as I am
The best texts insert οὖν then. So Rev.; thus disconnecting the clause from the preceding, and connecting it with what follows.
I magnify mine office (τὴν διακονίαν μου δοξάζω)
Lit., I glorify my ministry, as Rev. Not I praise, but I honor by the faithful discharge of its duties. He implies, however, that the office is a glorious one. The verb, which occurs about sixty times in the New Testament, most frequently in John, is used, with very few exceptions, of glorifying God or Christ. In Rom 8:30, of God's elect. In 1Co 12:26, of the members of the body. In Rev 18:7, of Babylon. For ministry, see on minister, Mat 20:26.