Romans 15:20

So have I enforsed my selfe to preache the gospell not where Christ was named lest I shuld have bylt on another mannes foundacion:

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 myghty signes and wonders by the power of the sprete of God: so that from Ierusalem and the costes rounde aboute vnto Illyricum I have fylled all countres with the gladde tydynges of Christ.

21but as it is written: To whom he was not spoken of they shall se: and they that hearde not shall vnderstonde.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:9We are goddis labourers ye are goddis husbandrye ye are goddis byldynge.

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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