Romans 15:20

and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

Darby Translation

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

19in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the] Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

21but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

Ephesians 2:20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the 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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