Misinterpretations of this passage often portray Paul as arrogantly boasting about his own achievements, overlooking his explicit attribution to Christ; others mistakenly see it as a call for total silence on personal experiences in ministry, ignoring the context of confident testimony to God's transformative work among Gentiles; some apply it legalistically to demand that every evangelistic effort produce immediate obedience, disregarding the gradual nature of faith and the role of divine sovereignty.
Romans 15:18
King James Version (1769)
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Paul humbly limits his boasting to only what Christ has accomplished through him in word and deed, specifically leading Gentiles to obedience, emphasizing that all true ministry results stem from Christ's power working in and through the servant rather than personal merit, highlighting dependence on God amid the broader context of his apostolic mission to the nations as described in Romans 15.