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.


In Context

17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

20 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.

21 But, as it is written, |They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand.|

22 Therefore also I was hindered these many times 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 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 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: