Romans 15:22

That is why I have so often been prevented 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 scripture says – ‘They to whom he had never been proclaimed will see; and they who have never heard will understand!’

23But now there are no further openings for me in these parts, and I have for several years been longing to come to you whenever I may be going to Spain.

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:17As for ourselves, friends, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time – though in body only, and not in spirit – made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong on us.

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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