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| 18 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-- | 18 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 signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. | 19 by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. |
| 20 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. | 20 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 Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand." | 21 Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand." |
| 22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you. | 22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you. |
| 23 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 see you, | 23 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 see you, |
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