Romans 15:20
18 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
In this way I have aspired 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.”
22 That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- KJV
- Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
- WEB
- yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
- ASV
- yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man`s foundation;
- DARBY
- and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;
- BLB
- and thus striving earnestly to preach the gospel where Christ was not named, so that I might not build upon another’s foundation.
- ÅB
- Men jeg har satt min ære i å forkynne evangeliet der hvor Kristus ikke allerede var nevnt, for ikke å bygge på en annens grunnvoll.
- OTB
- Og på denne måten har jeg strukket meg etter å forkynne evangeliet, ikke der Kristus allerede var anerkjent, slik at jeg ikke skulle bygge på en annens grunnvoll;
- B1930
- dog så at jeg satte min ære i å forkynne evangeliet, ikke der hvor Kristus allerede var nevnt, forat jeg ikke skulde bygge på fremmed grunnvoll,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 10:13–16
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:9–15
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Read in contextEphesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Read in context