Romans 15:22

For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

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In The King James Version

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

In Context

21But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

23But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:17But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

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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