Weymouth New Testament WNT
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22 And it is really this which has again and again prevented my coming to you.
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This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23 But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,
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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,
24 I hope, as soon as ever I extend my travels into Spain, to see you on my way and be helped forward by you on my journey, when I have first enjoyed being with you for a time.
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I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
25 But at present I am going to Jerusalem to serve God's people,
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Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there.
26 for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem.
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For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.
27 Yes, they have kindly done this, and, in fact, it was a debt they owed them. For seeing that the Gentiles have been admitted in to partnership with the Jews in their spiritual blessings, they in turn are under an obligation to render sacred service to the Jews in temporal things.
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They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.
28 So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;
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So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.
29 and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast amount of blessing from Christ.
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I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
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