12. And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, and in him the Gentiles shall hope."
13. So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.
14. But I am also certain about you, my brothers, that you also have been filled with love, completed with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another.
15. But I have written to you, brothers, more boldly than to the others, as if calling you to mind again, because of the grace which has been given to me from God,
16. so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit.
17. Therefore, I have glory in Christ Jesus before God.
18. So I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ does not effect through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,
19. with the power of signs and wonders, by power of the Holy Spirit. For in this way, from Jerusalem, throughout its surroundings, as far as Illyricum, I have replenished the Gospel of Christ.
20. And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,
21. but just as it was written: "Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand."
22. Because of this also, I was greatly hindered in coming to you, and I have been prevented until the present time.
23. Yet truly now, having no other destination in these regions, and having already had a great desire to come to you over the past many years,
24. when I begin to set out on my journey to Spain, I hope that, as I pass by, I may see you, and I may be guided from there by you, after first having borne some fruit among you.
25. But next I will set out for Jerusalem, to minister to the saints.