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19 I had the power to do signs and wonderful things through the power of the Holy Spirit. So I have told the good news of Christ all the way from the city of Jerusalem to the country of Illyricum.

20 I have wanted to tell the good news where people have not heard the name of Christ. I did not want to work where another man had started to work.

21 The holy writings say, `They were not told about him, but they will see him. And the people who have not heard of him will understand.'

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19 by the power of signs and wonders,(A) through the power of the Spirit of God.(B) So from Jerusalem(C) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(D) 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(E) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(F) 21 Rather, as it is written:

“Those who were not told about him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.”[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)