“And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.”
King James Version (KJV)
15:27 It hath pleased them; and they are their debtors - That is, they are bound to it, in justice as well as mercy. Spiritual things - By the preaching of the gospel. Carnal things - Things needful for the body.
15:28 When I have sealed to them this fruit - When I have safely delivered to them, as under seal, this fruit of their brethren's love. I will go by you into Spain - Such was his design; but it does not appear that Paul went into Spain. There are often holy purposes in the minds of good men, which are overruled by the providence of God so as never to take effect. And yet they are precious in the sight of God.
15:30 I beseech you by the love of the Spirit - That is, by the love which is the genuine fruit of the Spirit. To strive together with me in your prayers - He must pray himself, who would have others strive together with him in prayer. Of all the apostles, St. Paul alone is recorded to desire the prayers of the faithful for himself. And this he generally does in the conclusions of his Epistles; yet not without making a difference. For he speaks in one manner to them whom he treats as his children, with the gravity or even severity of a father, such as Timothy, Titus, the Corinthians, and Galatians; in another, to them whom he treats rather like equals, such as the Romans, Ephesians, Thessalonians, Colossians, Hebrews.
15:31 That I may be delivered - He is thus urgent from a sense of the importance of his life to the church. Otherwise he would have rejoiced to depart, and to be with Christ. And that my service may be acceptable - In spite of all their prejudices; to the end the Jewish and gentile believers may be knit together in tender love.
Ro 15:29 I am sure that, when I come unto you. He assures them that his coming will be full of blessing to them in Christ. Godet says, with force: ``Would a forger of this epistle, in the second century, have drawn a picture of the future so opposite to the way in which things really came to pass?'' These allusions to his future movements are positive proof that this was written before Paul was a prisoner.
And I am sure that when I come vnto you, I shall come in the fulnes of the blessing of þe Gospel of Christ.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
- Basic English Bible
But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in [the] fulness of [the] blessing of Christ.
- Darby Bible
And I am sure that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
- Webster's Bible
and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast amount of blessing from Christ.
- Weymouth Bible
I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.
- World English Bible
And Y woot, that Y comynge to you, schal come `in to the abundaunce of the blessing of Crist.
- Wycliffe Bible
and I have known that coming unto you -- in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.
- Youngs Literal Bible