20and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;


In Context

17 I have therefore whereof to boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.

18 For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,

19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

20 and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

21 but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

22 Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you.

Romans 15:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:20It 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:20And I have so preached this gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:20yea, 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:20yea, 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20And so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named — that upon another's foundation I might not build —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:20Yes, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation: