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.
Parallel translations
- KJV Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
- BSB In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- NKJV And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation,
- NASB And in this way I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already known by name, so that I would not build on another person’s foundation;
- NLT My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 2 Cor 10:13–16But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
- 1 Cor 3:9–15For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
- Eph 2:20–22being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
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