13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.
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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.
14 I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
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I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15 For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.
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That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
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