📜WEB · Romans 15:23
What does Romans 15:23 mean?
"but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,"
— Romans 15:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.
But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”
Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
Explanation
Romans 15:23 is part of a single flowing sentence that continues into verse 24, so it can only be understood alongside what surrounds it. In plain language, Paul is telling the Roman Christians two things: first, that he has fin
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