17I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
18For 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,
19in 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 gospel of Christ;
20yes, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another man`s foundation.
21But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven`t heard will understand."
22Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
23but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,