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Romans 15:20-22
English Standard Version
Romans 15:20-22
English Standard Version
20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (A)lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21 but as it is written,
(B)“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”
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22 This is the reason why (C)I have so often been hindered from coming to you.
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Romans 15:20-22
New International Version
Romans 15:20-22
New International Version
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(A) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(B) 21 Rather, as it is written:
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.(D)
Footnotes
- Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)
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