18. For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not wrought by me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, with word and with deed,
19. with power of signs and wonders, in virtue of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum, I have filled the entire area with the gospel of the Christ.
20. And in this manner I preached this gospel, not where Christ had been named previously, not to build upon a foundation belonging to another,
21. but, as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see, and those that have not heard shall understand.
22. For which reason I have even been hindered many times from coming to you.
23. But now having more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come unto you,
24. when I leave for Spain, I will come unto you; for I trust to see you on my journey and to be taken there by you, if first I may enjoy your company.
25. But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
26. For it has pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem.
27. It has pleased them verily, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they should also minister unto them in carnal things.