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19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit,[a] I have fully proclaimed the gospel of the Messiah[b] from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum. 20 My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of the Messiah[c] is not known, so I don’t[d] build on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written,

“Those who were never told about him will see,
    and those who have never heard will understand.”[e]

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  1. Romans 15:19 Other mss. read of the Holy Spirit
  2. Romans 15:19 Or Christ
  3. Romans 15:20 Or Christ
  4. Romans 15:20 Lit. known, lest I
  5. Romans 15:21 Isa 52:15

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