17 Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.
18 For I will not dare to speak about anything except that which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and traveling around as far as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20 And so, having as my ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, in order that I will not build on the foundation belonging to someone else,
21 but just as it is written, “Those to whom it was not announced concerning him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
22 For this reason also I was hindered many times from coming to you,
23 and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you