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.


In Context

17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done- -

19 by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

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."

22 This is why I have often been 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another'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: