Romans 15:20
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
In context
18 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20 In this way I have aspired 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.”
22 That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Romans 15:20 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- KJV 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:
- WEB World English Bible
- yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
- ASV American Standard Version
- yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man’s foundation;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named — that upon another's foundation I might not build —
- DBY Darby Translation
- and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: