15 ²² That is why I have been prevented all this time from coming to you. 15 ²³ But now I have no further scope in these parts, and I have been longing for many years to visit you on my way to Spain; 15 ²⁴ for I hope to see you as I travel through, and to be sent there with your support after having enjoyed your company for a while. 15 ²⁵ But at the moment I am on my way to Jerusalem, on an errand to God's people there. 15 ²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia have resolved to raise a common fund for the benefit of the poor among God's people at Jerusalem. 15 ²⁷ They have resolved to do so, and indeed they are under an obligation to them. For if the Jewish Christians shared their spiritual treasures with the Gentiles, the Gentiles have a clear duty to contribute to their material needs. 15 ²⁸ So when I have finished this business and delivered the proceeds under my own seal, I shall set out for Spain by way of your city, 15 ²⁹ and I am sure that when I arrive I shall come to you with a full measure of the blessing of Christ.

15 ³⁰ I implore you by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, be my allies in the fight; 15 ³¹ pray to God for me that I may be saved from unbelievers in Judaea and that my errand to Jerusalem may find acceptance with God's people, 15 ³² so that by his will I may come to you in a happy frame of mind and enjoy a time of rest with you. 15 ³³ The God of peace be with you all. Amen. Some witnesses place Rom.16.25-27 after this verse.