17 Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus(A) regarding what pertains to God.(B) 18 For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me(C) by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles, 19 by the power of miraculous signs and wonders,(D) and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem(E) all the way around to Illyricum.[a](F) 20 My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named,(G) so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,(H) 21 but, as it is written,

Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.[b](I)

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Footnotes

  1. 15:19 A Roman province northwest of Greece on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea
  2. 15:21 Is 52:15

17 So in Christ Jesus I brag about things that have to do with God. 18 I don’t dare speak about anything except what Christ has done through me to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles. He did it by what I’ve said and what I’ve done, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. So I’ve completed the circuit of preaching Christ’s gospel from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum. 20 In this way, I have a goal to preach the gospel where they haven’t heard of Christ yet, so that I won’t be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Instead, as it’s written, Those who hadn’t been told about him will see, and those who hadn’t heard will understand.[a]

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