Romans 15:22

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
cause	διὸ dio	G1352	through which thing · conjunction
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
been	ἐνεκοπτόμην enekoptomēn	G1465	to cut into · verb — imperfect passive indicative, 1st person singular
much	πολλὰ polla	G4183	(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — accusative plural neuter
hindered	ἐγκόπτω enkóptō	G1465	to cut into
coming	ἐλθεῖν elthein	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — second aorist active infinitive
to	πρὸς pros	G4314	a preposition of direction · preposition
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)

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Cross-references

Romans 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fru…
1 Thessalonians 2:17-18 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with gre…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 15:22-29

St. Paul here declares his purpose to come and see the Christians at Rome. Upon this head his matter is but common and ordinary, appointing a visit to his friends; but the manner of his expression is gracious and savoury, very instructive, and for our imitation. We should learn by it to speak of our common affairs in the language of Canaan. Even our common discourse should have an air of grace; by this it will appear what country we belong to. it should seem that Paul's company was very much desired at Rome. He was a man that had as many friends and as many enemies as most men ever had: he passed through evil report and good report. No doubt they had heard much of him at Rome, and longed to…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 15:22

For which cause--"Being so long occupied with this missionary work, I have been much (or, 'for the most part') hindered," &c. (See on Rom 1:9-11.)

Adam Clarke on Romans 15:22

For which cause, etc. - My considering it a point of honor to build on no other man's foundation; and, finding that the Gospel has been long ago planted at Rome, I have been prevented from going thither, purposing rather to spend my time and strength in preaching where Christ has not, as yet, been proclaimed.

John Gill on Romans 15:22

For which cause also,.... By reason of being employed for so many years, in preaching the Gospel from Jerusalem, round about to Illyricum; taking so large a compass to minister in, and striving to introduce, propagate, and spread the Gospel, where Christ was never named before: I have been much hindered from coming to you; or he had been often, and by many ways, and upon many accounts, hindered from coming to them; the frequent calls to different and distant places, and the great work of preaching the Gospel in those dark parts of the world, and settling churches there, which was upon his hands, prevented his giving them a visit at Rome, which he much and often desired: as in the preceding…

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The Church Fathers

Paul was not hindered by Satan, as some think, but by the fact that he was too busy planting churches in places where nobody had ever preached the gospel before.
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS

Here Paul explains what he has already mentioned at the beginning of the epistle and excuses himself by saying that although he wanted to come to them, he was obliged to shut out the wicked teachings of the false apostles.… These false apostles would have found the journey to Rome difficult, so Paul thought that it would do no harm if he postponed his visit for a while.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

"For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you." Observe again, how he makes the end of the like texture with the introduction. For while he was quite at the beginning of the Epistle, he said, "Oftentimes I purpose to come unto you, but was let hitherto." But here he gives the cause also by which he was let, and that not once, but twice even, aye, and many times. For as he says there, "oftentimes I purposed to come to you," so here too, "I have been much (or often) hindered from coming to you." Now it is a thing which proves a very strong desire, that he attempted it so often.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Romans 29

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Dictionary and topics

Achaia — The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus. Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the…

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Romans 15:22

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 15:22-29

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 15:22

Adam Clarke on Romans 15:22

John Gill on Romans 15:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 15:22

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 15:22-29

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 15:22

Adam Clarke on Romans 15:22

John Gill on Romans 15:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Romans 15:22-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 15:19