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Sigh, Iscool, excerpting again out of context -- read the ENTIRE book in context, Romans 15:19-23 gives you more clarity:

19by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.
21Rather, as it is written:
"Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand."[g]
22This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to see you,

What does Paul actually say?:

19 --> from Jerusalem to Albania (Illyricum), I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ Now, you probably have never heard of Illyricum before, or even Albania, so let me educate you -- it is east of Rome, so from Israel to the land to the east of Italy might make sense to you -- anyway, Paul said that until then he had only travelled in the eastern mediterranean, not to Italy (and Rome is in Italy...)

20 --> Here Paul says that it was always his ambition to preach where the Gospel has not yet been preached

21 --> Here Paul quotes from scripture

22 --> Here Paul explains that because his ambition was
1. to preach in places where the gospel has not yet been preached and
2. he has not travelled to Italy or west of Italy (hence never to Rome),
due to these two reasons he has not been able to come to Rome

23 --> But now he is longing to visit Rome

It is good to actually READ what one posts and READ the Bible -- your example above is a perfect case of why sola scriptura FAILS. Without the lack of knowledge on Aramaic and GReek meanings, by reading OUT OF CONTEXT and NOT IN ENTIRETY, sola scriptura fails and all your posts are perfect examples of this failure

To your post 3273:
Sigh, Iscool, excerpting again out of context -- read the ENTIRE book in context, Romans 15:19-23 gives you more clarity:

19by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.
21Rather, as it is written:
"Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand."[g]
22This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to see you,

What does Paul actually say?:

19 --> from Jerusalem to Albania (Illyricum), I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ Now, you probably have never heard of Illyricum before, or even Albania, so let me educate you -- it is east of Rome, so from Israel to the land to the east of Italy might make sense to you -- anyway, Paul said that until then he had only travelled in the eastern mediterranean, not to Italy (and Rome is in Italy...)

20 --> Here Paul says that it was always his ambition to preach where the Gospel has not yet been preached

21 --> Here Paul quotes from scripture

22 --> Here Paul explains that because his ambition was
1. to preach in places where the gospel has not yet been preached and
2. he has not travelled to Italy or west of Italy (hence never to Rome),
due to these two reasons he has not been able to come to Rome

23 --> But now he is longing to visit Rome

It is good to actually READ what one posts and READ the Bible -- your example above is a perfect case of why sola scriptura FAILS. With the lack of knowledge on Aramaic and GReek meanings,lack of history, by reading OUT OF CONTEXT and NOT IN ENTIRETY, sola scriptura fails even humanly and by it's egotistical leanings it fails spiritually as the Holy Spirit does not come into the picture for sola scriptura and all your posts are perfect examples of this failure.