17. In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
18. For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed,
19. by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;
20. and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation,
21. but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see,and those who have never heard will understand.”
22. This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.
23. But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,
24. I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
25. At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints.
26. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.