So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
Parallel translations
- KJV So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
- BSB That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
- NKJV So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
- NASB So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
- NLT So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach the Good News.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Rom 15:20yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
- Isa 6:8I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
- 1 Cor 9:17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
- 2 Cor 10:15–16not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
- Matt 9:38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”
- 1 Kgs 8:18But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
- Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- 2 Cor 8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Rom 12:18If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
- Mark 14:8She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
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