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.
25. Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord's people there.
26. For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord's people in Jerusalem.
27. They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews' spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.