Romans 15:22

And on this account, I have been many times prevented from coming to you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21but, it is written: They, to whom mention of him had not been made, will see him; and they, who had not heard, will be obedient.

23But now, since I have no place in these regions, and as I have been desirous for many years past to come to you,

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:17But we, my brethren, have been bereaved of you for a short time, (in visible presence, not in our hearts,) and have the more exerted ourselves, to behold your faces, with great affection.

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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