21. But as the Scriptures say, “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard about him will understand.” Isaiah 52:15
22. That’s what has kept me so busy and prevented my coming to see you even though I have wanted to come many times.
23. Now I have finished my work in these areas. And for many years I have wanted to visit you.
24. So I will visit you when I go to Spain. Yes, I hope to visit you while I am traveling to Spain, and I will stay and enjoy being with you. Then you can help me continue on my trip.
25. Now I am going to Jerusalem to help God’s people there.
26. Some of them are poor, and the believers in Macedonia and Achaia wanted to help them. So they gathered some money to send them.
27. They were happy to do this. And it was like paying something they owed them, because as non-Jews they have been blessed spiritually by the Jews. So now they should use the material blessings they have to help the Jews.
28. I am going to Jerusalem to make sure the poor get this money that has been given for them. After I finish that, I will leave for Spain and stop to visit you on the way.
29. And I know that when I visit you, I will bring you Christ’s full blessing.
30. Brothers and sisters, I beg you to help me in my work by praying to God for me. Do this because of our Lord Jesus and the love that the Spirit gives us.
31. Pray that I will be saved from those in Judea who refuse to accept our message. And pray that this help I am bringing to Jerusalem will please God’s people there.