After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. ‘After I’ve been there,’ he said, ‘it is necessary for me to see Rome as well.’
2 Corinthians 10:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised so that we may preach the gospel to the regions beyond you without boasting about what has already been done in someone else’s area of ministry. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that [we may even] preach the Gospel in lands [lying] beyond you, without making a boast of work already done in another [man's] sphere of activity [before we came on the scene]. American Standard Version (1901) so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another’s province in regard of things ready to our hand. Common English Bible We hope that our work grows even to the point of the gospel being preached in places beyond Corinth, without bragging about what has already been done in another person’s work area. Catholic Public Domain Version and even so as to evangelize in those places that are beyond you, not in order to glory in the measure of others, but rather in those things which have already been prepared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea, unto those places that are beyond you, to preach the gospel, not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand. |
After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. ‘After I’ve been there,’ he said, ‘it is necessary for me to see Rome as well.’
My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?