17. Therefore I have this glorying in Moshiach Yehoshua in reference to what concerns G-d.
18. For I will not presume to say anything, except of what Moshiach has accomplished through me for the mishma'at of the peoples, by word and deed,
19. By the ko'ach of otot u'moftim (signs and wonders), by the power of the Ruach Hakodesh; so that from Yerushalayim in a sweep round to Illyricum [T.N. today's Yugoslavia and Albania], I have completed the Besuras HaGeulah Hashem,
20. Thus making it my hasagos (aspiration) to preach the Besuras HaGeulah where Moshiach has not been named, lest I build on another's yesod (foundation).
21. But, as it is written, "Those who had not been told about Him will see, and those who had not heard shall understand" [Isa 52:15].
22. For this reason I have also regularly been prevented from coming to you.
23. But now, als (since) I no longer have scope in these regions and have had a tshuka (longing) to come to you for many years,
24. When I travel to Spain...For I hope to see you as I pass through and to be sent on my way there by you, once I have had the full pleasure of being with you for a time.