18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except what ^mChrist has accomplished through me to ⁿbring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 ^oby the power of signs and wonders, ^pby the power of the Spirit of God—so that ^qfrom Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, ^rnot where Christ has already been named, lest I ^sbuild on someone else’s foundation, 21 but as it is written,

22 This is the reason why ^uI have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you, 24 ^vI hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.