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Romans 15:14-33

Where Christ Was Not Named

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Where Christ Was Not Named

Romans 15:14-33

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This song belongs to the Romans collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Intro] From Jerusalem westward, the road keeps its fire; not for a name of my own, but a farther desire. [Verse 1] Grace made a minister, Christ did the deed; word followed action, and power met need. From city to border the witness was sown, through Spirit and wonder, yet never my own. [Verse 2] I have strived for the fields without memory, for ears never opened and eyes yet to see. I will not build where another has laid; I follow the silence where Christ is unnamed. [Refrain] Where Christ was not named, let the good news arrive. Where no one had heard, let understanding rise. Not boasting in labor my hands could have claimed; only what Christ has done where Christ was not named. [Bridge] But first, to Jerusalem, carrying bread, Macedonia and Achaia remembering the need. Then onward through Rome, if the Lord clears the way, toward Spain and the west at the end of the day. [Verse 3] Strive with me, brethren, in prayer before God: for rescue from hatred, for service received, that joy may arrive after danger is crossed, and peace share the room when the journey is done. [Outro] The map is still open. The gospel moves on.

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Romans 15: One welcome, a wide mission, and unfinished travel plans

Romans 15 completes the food-and-days argument by redefining strength as the ability to carry another person's weakness rather than display personal liberty. Christ's refusal to please himself supplies the pattern, and Scripture supplies patience, comfort, and hope until one divided community can glorify God "with one mind and one mouth." Paul then connects that welcome to the letter's larger Jew-Gentile argument. Christ confirms the promises to the fathers, while Gentiles glorify God for mercy, and a chain of quotations makes both belong inside the same scriptural horizon. The chapter then becomes increasingly personal. Paul explains his Gentile mission, his desire to preach where Christ has not been named, his plan to reach Spain through Rome, and the collection he must first deliver to Jerusalem. The confident itinerary ends in requested prayer for danger and uncertain reception, showing a theology carried through roads, money, communities, and circumstances Paul cannot control.

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