¹⁵ So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

¹⁸ And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

¹² For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

²⁰ Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

¹³ Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

³⁴ Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

⁸ She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

³⁸ Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

⁸ Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

¹⁵ Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

¹⁶ 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.