¹⁵ So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

²⁰ and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, ^(A)lest I build on someone else's foundation,

¹⁷ For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with ^(A)a stewardship.

¹⁵ We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that ^(A)as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be ^(B)greatly enlarged, ¹⁶ so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another's area of influence.

¹³ Then Paul answered, ^(A)“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For ^(B)I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ^(C)for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

^8 (A)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand ^(B)for burial.

³⁸ therefore ^(A)pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to ^(B)send out laborers into his harvest.”

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

⁸ And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for ^(A)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

¹⁸ But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

¹² For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable ^(A)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.