I was hindered (ενεκοπτομην). Imperfect passive (repetition) of ενκοπτω, late verb, to cut in, to cut off, to interrupt. Seen alre…

For which cause. I have been so entirely occupied in this leading purpose of my life that I have not been able to come to you.

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For which cause also.—And precisely because I was so eager to preach the gospel in new regions, and to finish what I had …

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. And I myself…

And on this account, etc. What he had said about his apostleship he now applies to another point, for the purpose of excusing himself for …

For which cause also
By reason of being employed for so many years, in preaching the Gospel from Jerusalem, round ab…

The apostle sought the things of Christ more than his own will, and would not leave his work of planting churches to go to Rome. It concerns all to…

1. After excusing himself for the presumption that could have been ascribed to him for instructing and correcting the Romans, the Apostle no…