Romans 1:13

Romans 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
• New International Version (NIV)I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles.

Context of Romans 1:13

11I long to see you to share a spiritual blessing with you so that you will be strengthened. 12What I mean is that we may be encouraged by each other’s faith. I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I often planned to visit you. However, until now I have been kept from doing so. What I want is to enjoy some of the results of working among you as I have also enjoyed the results of working among the rest of the nations. 14I have an obligation to those who are civilized and those who aren’t, to those who are wise and those who aren’t. 15That’s why I’m eager to tell you who live in Rome the Good News also.

Romans 1:13 word by word

Οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι πολλάκις προεθέμην ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐκωλύθην ἄχρι τοῦ δεῦρο, ἵνα τινὰ καρπὸν σχῶ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν καθὼς καὶ ἐν τοῖς λοιποῖς ἔθνεσιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• I wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• notοὐou · noG3756
• haveἀγνοέωagnoeō · be ignorantG50
• youσύsu · youG4771
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• oftentimesπολλάκιςpollakis · oftenG4178
• I purposedπροτίθημιprotithemai · to plan/presentG4388
• to comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• butκαίkai · andG2532
• was letκωλύωkōluō · to preventG2967
• hithertoἄχριachri achris · untilG891
• ·δεῦροdeuro · comeG1204
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• I might haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• fruitκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• otherλοιπόςloipoi · remainingG3062
• Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484

Cross-references for Romans 1:13

• Romans 11:25Brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery so that you won’t become arrogant. The minds of some Israelites have become closed until all of God’s non-Jewish people are included.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that all our ancestors ⌞who left Egypt⌟ were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea.
• 1 Corinthians 12:1Brothers and sisters, I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding concerning spiritual gifts.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8Brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be ignorant about the suffering we experienced in the province of Asia. It was so extreme that it was beyond our ability to endure. We even wondered if we could go on living.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be ignorant about those who have died. We don’t want you to grieve like other people who have no hope.
• Romans 15:23But now I have no new opportunities for work in this region. For many years I have wanted to visit you.
• Acts 19:21After all these things had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem by traveling through Macedonia and Greece. He said, “After I have been there, I must see Rome.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:15Confident of this, I had previously wanted to visit you so that you could benefit twice.
• Romans 15:22This is what has so often kept me from visiting you.
• Acts 16:6Paul and Silas went through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit kept them from speaking the word in the province of Asia.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:8From you the Lord’s word has spread out not only through the province of Macedonia and Greece but also to people everywhere who have heard about your faith in God. We don’t need to say a thing about it.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:18We wanted to visit you. I, Paul, wanted to visit you twice already, but Satan made that impossible.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7The mystery of this sin is already at work. But it cannot work effectively until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.
• Isaiah 27:6In times to come Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom, bud, and fill the whole world with fruit.
• John 4:36The person who harvests the crop is already getting paid. He is gathering grain for eternal life. So the person who plants the grain and the person who harvests it are happy together.
• John 12:24I can guarantee this truth: A single grain of wheat doesn’t produce anything unless it is planted in the ground and dies. If it dies, it will produce a lot of grain.

Commentaries on Romans 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But was let hitherto - The word let, from the Anglo-Saxon to hinder, signifies impediment or hinderance of any kind: but it is likely that the original word, , I was forbidden, refers to a Divine prohibition: - he would have visited them long before, but God did not see right to permit him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13That oftentimes I purposed - See Romans 1:10. How often he had purposed this we have no means of ascertaining. The fact, however, that he had done it, showed his strong desire to see them, and to witness the displays of the grace of God in the capital of the Roman world; compare Romans 15:23-24. One instance of his having purposed to go to Rome is recorded in Acts 19:21, “After these things were ended (namely, at Ephesus), Paul purposed in the spirit…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 We must show love for our friends, not only by praying for them, but by praising God for them. As in our purposes, so in our desires, we must remember to say, If the Lord will, Jas 4:15. Our journeys are made prosperous or otherwise, according to the will of God. We should readily impart to others what God has trusted to us, rejoicing to make others joyful, especially taking pleasure in communing with those who believe the same things with us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13brothers: The Greek word adelphoi describes people who are in a family relationship. Paul and other New Testament writers use this word to show that Christians belong to one family because they are united in Christ. The word refers to both male and female Christians. but have been prevented from visiting until now: Paul wrote this letter while in Corinth near the end of his third missionary journey (see Acts 20:2–4; compare Romans 16:21–23). Paul had been…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, but was let--hindered. hitherto--chiefly by his desire to go first to places where Christ was not known (Ro 15:20-24). that I might have some fruit--of my ministry among you also, even as among other Gentiles--The Gentile origin of the Church at Rome is here so explicitly stated, that those who conclude, merely from the Jewish strain of the argument, that they must have been mostly Israelites, decide in…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Romans 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings