17. Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
18. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—
19. by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20. It has always been my ambition 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. This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23. But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,
24. I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.