20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:

‘Those who were not told about him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.’[a]

22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

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Footnotes

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