STUDIES IN ROMANS
LESSON 76
PAUL’S EXPLANATION
FOR HIS DELAY
Romans
15:22-28 (KJV)
22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming
to you. 23 But now
having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years
to come unto you; 24 Whensoever I take my
journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you
in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first
I be somewhat filled with your company. 25 But
now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 26 For
it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they
are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things,
their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28 When
therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will
come by you into Spain.
Romans
15:22-28 (CEB)
22 That’s why I’ve been stopped so many times from coming to see you. 23 But now, since I don’t have any place to work in these regions
anymore, and since I’ve wanted to come to see you for many years, 24 I’ll visit you when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while I’m
passing through. And I hope you will send me on my way there, after I have
first been reenergized by some time in your company. 25 But
now I’m going to Jerusalem, to serve God’s people.26 Macedonia and Achaia have been happy to make
a contribution for the poor among God’s people in Jerusalem.27 They were happy to do this, and they are
actually in debt to God’s people in Jerusalem. If the Gentiles got a share of
the Jewish people’s spiritual resources, they ought to minister to them with
material resources. 28 So then after I have finished this job and have safely delivered
the final amount of the Gentiles’ offering to them, I will leave for Spain,
visiting you on the way.
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