Romans 15:22-24

Paul's Plan to Visit Rome

²² This is the reason why _b I have so often been hindered from coming to you. ²³ But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and _c since I have longed for many years to come to you, ²⁴ I hope to see you in passing as I go _d to Spain, and _e to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.

1. Cross References
   Romans 1:13
   I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
   1 Thessalonians 2:18
   Because we wanted to come to you - I, Paul, again and again - but Satan hindered us.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 15:29
   I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
   Romans 15:32
   So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
   Romans 1:10 - 11
   Always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
   Acts 19:21
   Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 15:28
   When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way of you.
   
4. Cross References
   Acts 15:3
   So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.