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But now ,
since I no longer have any room for work in these regions ,
and since I have longed for many years to come to you ,
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I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain ,
and to be sped on my journey there by you ,
once I have enjoyed your company for a little .
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At present ,
however ,
I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints .
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For Macedo '
nia and Acha '
ia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem ;
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they were pleased to do it ,
and indeed they are in debt to them ,
for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings ,
they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings .
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When therefore I have completed this ,
and have delivered to them what has been raised ,
I shall go on by way of you to Spain ;
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and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ .
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I appeal to you ,
brethren ,
by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit ,
to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf ,
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that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea ,
and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints ,
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so that by God '
s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company .
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The God of peace be with you all .
Amen .