Romans 15:24

²² That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

²³ But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.

²⁵ Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

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.

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BSB: I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
KJV: Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
WEB: whenever I travel to Spain, I will 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.
ASV: whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)--
DARBY: whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)
BLB: as I may go to Spain, I hope, for going through, to see you⁺ and to be sent forth there by you⁺, if first I should be filled up of you⁺ in part.

ÅB: Når jeg nå drar til Spania, håper jeg å se dere på gjennomreisen og få følge av dere dit, etter først å ha hatt noe godt av dere for en tid.
OTB: planlegger jeg å gjøre det når jeg drar til Spania. Jeg håper å se dere mens jeg passerer gjennom og få hjelp på min reise dit av dere, etter at jeg har nytt deres selskap en stund.
B1930: håper jeg å få se eder på gjennemreisen når jeg drar til Spania, og få følge av eder dit når jeg først i nogen mon har hatt godt av eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 15:28
So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
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Romans 1:12
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
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Acts 15:3
Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
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2 Corinthians 1:16
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
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Acts 21:5
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
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1 Corinthians 16:5–7
After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.
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Acts 19:21
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
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3 John 1:6
They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
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