Romans 15:14-24

PAUL THE MINISTER TO THE GENTILES 14 m I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, 1 that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with n all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, o because of the grace given me by God 16 to be p a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles q in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that r the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have s reason to be proud of t my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except u what Christ has accomplished through me v to bring the Gentiles to obedience - by word and deed, 19 w by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God - so that x from Jerusalem and all the way around y to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, z lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21 but as it is written, a "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand" PAUL'S PLAN TO VISIT ROME 22 This is the reason why b I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and c since I have longed for many years to come to you, 24 I hope to see you in passing as I go d to Spain, and e to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.