Romans 1:13

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

In Context

12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

14I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

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Cross References

Isaiah 27:6In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud: and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

John 12:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

Acts 14:27And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and how that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.

Acts 16:6And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia;

Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:9-16

Paul's Love to the Roman Christians. ( a. d. 58.) 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye… Read the whole commentary →

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