Romans 15:15-32

15But I have written to you the more boldly, [brethren,] in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by 1God,

16for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings of 2God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.

17I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to 3God.

18For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,

19in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the] Spirit of 4God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

20and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

21but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

22Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you.

23But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,

24whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)

25but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

26for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem.

27They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.

28Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.

29But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in [the] fulness of [the] blessing of Christ.

30But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to 5God;

31that I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

32in order that I may come to you in joy by 6God's will, and that I may be refreshed with you.