For this reasonI have oftenbeen preventedfrom comingto you;
But Johntried to preventHim, saying,"I haveneedto be baptizedby You, and do You cometo me?"
I do not wantyou to be unaware,brethren,that oftenI have plannedto cometo you (and have been preventedsofar)sothat I may obtainsomefruitamongyou also,evenas amongthe restof the Gentiles.