Romans 15:20

so earnestly desirous have I been to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

In Context

19by the power of signs and wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit. So that from Jerusalem, and round about as far as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of the Christ;

21but, as it is written: They to whom he was not preached, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:9For we are fellow-laborers for God: you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

Ephesians 2:20having been builded upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,

Matthew Henry on Romans 15:18-22

The Apostle's Labours. ( a. d. 58.) 17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was… Read the whole commentary →

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