Romans 15:18-26

18For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Ghost; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;

20yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man’s foundation;

21but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.

22Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:

23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,

24whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)—

25but now, I say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.

26For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.