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.

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Footnotes

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

Cross references

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