20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(A) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(B) 21 Rather, as it is written:

“Those who were not told about him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.”[a](C)

22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.(D)

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,(E) 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain.(F) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist(G) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)

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