Paul's Plan to Visit Rome
But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; Rom 15:23
no more place... Having evangelized all these parts, and having a desire for many years to see you, I plan to come to you when I take my journey into Spain (Rom. 15:23-24).
We will see that Paul planned to go to Rome years before it became a reality.
Perhaps his visit to Illyricum convinced Paul that no more virgin territory for the gospel lay in Asia Minor and the Grecian Peninsula. This does not mean that he had visited every center, but the gospel had been introduced and local churches had been established that could complete the work (cf. Acts 19:8-10). At any rate Paul concluded, There is no more place for me to work in these regions (lit., “having no more place in these regions”). Coupled with this was his longing for many years to see the Roman Christians. At the beginning of this epistle he had expressed this desire to visit them (Rom. 1:10-11, 1:13).
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