¹⁶to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,^l serving as a priest of the gospel of God.^m God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering,ⁿ sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus^o regarding what pertains to God.^p ¹⁸For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me^q by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles, ¹⁹by the power of miraculous signs and wonders,^r and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem^s all the way around to Illyricum.^A^t ²⁰My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named,^u so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,^v ²¹but, as it is written,

Those who were not told about him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.^B^w

PAUL’S TRAVEL PLANS

²²That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you.^x ²³But now I no longer have any work to do in these regions,^C and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you^y ²⁴whenever I travel to Spain.^D For I hope to see you when I pass through and to be assisted by you for my journey there,^z once I have first enjoyed your company^aa for a while. ²⁵Right now I am traveling to Jerusalem^ab to serve the saints,^ac ²⁶because Macedonia^ad and Achaia^ae were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. ²⁷Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits,^af then they are obligated to minister to them in material needs. ²⁸So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds^E to them,^F^ag I will visit you on the way to Spain. ²⁹I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing^G of Christ.

³⁰Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit,^ah to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf.^ai

Read in Logos

Romans 15:30: I appeal to you brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf…

Footnotes

AA Roman province northwest of Greece on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea
C now, having no longer a place in these parts
DOther add I will come to you.
E delivered this fruit
FOr and placed my seal of approval on this fruit for them
GOther add of the gospel

Cross references

l Ac 9:15; Rm 11:13
m Rm 1:1
n Rm 12:1; Eph 5:2; Php 2:17
o Php 3:3
p Heb 2:17; 5:1
q Ac 15:12; 21:19; Rm 1:5; 2Co 3:5
r Jn 4:48
s Ac 22:17–21
t Ac 20:1
u Rm 1:15; 10:15
v 1Co 3:10; 2Co 10:15–16
B Is 52:15
w Is 52:15
x Rm 1:13; 1Th 2:18
y Ac 19:21; Rm 1:10
z Ac 15:3
aa Rm 1:12
ab Ac 19:21
ac Ac 24:17
ad Ac 16:9; 1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2,4; 11:9; Php 4:15; 1Th 1:7; 4:10; 1Tm 1:3
ae Ac 18:12; 19:21
af 1Co 9:11
ag Jn 3:33
ah Gl 5:22; Col 1:8
ai 2Co 1:11; Col 4:12