Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
18 I will be bold and speak only about what Christ has done through me to lead the Gentiles to obey God. He has done this by means of words and deeds,
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I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—
19 by the power of miracles and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. And so, in traveling all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have proclaimed fully the Good News about Christ.
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by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20 My ambition has always been to proclaim the Good News in places where Christ has not been heard of, so as not to build on a foundation laid by someone else.
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It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
21 As the scripture says, "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."
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Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
22 And so I have been prevented many times from coming to you.
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This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23 But now that I have finished my work in these regions and since I have been wanting for so many years to come to see you,
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But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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