Romans 15:17-21

New International Version

¹⁷ Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus^(A) in my service to God.^{(B) 18} I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles^(C) to obey God^(D) by what I have said and done— ¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders,^(E) through the power of the Spirit of God.^(F) So from Jerusalem^(G) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.^{(H) 20} It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel^(I) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.^{(J) 21} Rather, as it is written: