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22 For this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you.
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This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23 But now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to 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,
24 whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
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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 now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.
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Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there.
26 For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are 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 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material 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 Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain.
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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 But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of 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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