Rom 1:13, 15:22 | JFB | STEP | 13. oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, but was let-- hindered. hitherto-- chiefly by his desire to go first to places where Christ was not known ( ). that I might have some fruit-- of my ministry among you also, even as among other Gentiles-- The Gentile origin of the Church at Rome is here so explicitly stated, that those who conclude, merely from the Jewish strain of the argument, that they must have been mostly Israelites, decide in opposition to the apostle himself. (But see on Introduction to this Epistle.)

‏ Romans 1:13

13. oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, but was let--hindered.

hitherto--chiefly by his desire to go first to places where Christ was not known (Ro 15:20-24).

that I might have some fruit--of my ministry

among you also, even as among other Gentiles--The Gentile origin of the Church at Rome is here so explicitly stated, that those who conclude, merely from the Jewish strain of the argument, that they must have been mostly Israelites, decide in opposition to the apostle himself. (But see on Introduction to this Epistle.)

‏ Romans 15:22

18-22. For I will not dare to speak of any--"to speak aught"

of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me--a modest, though somewhat obscure form of expression, meaning, "I will not dare to go beyond what Christ hath wrought by me"--in which form accordingly the rest of the passage is expressed. Observe here how Paul ascribes all the success of his labors to the activity of the living Redeemer, working in and by him.

by word and deed--by preaching and working; which latter he explains in the next clause.