Romans 15:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rom 1:13 : 13 And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
1 Thess 2:17-18 : 17 But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire: 18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Rom 15:23-25
3 verses
85%
23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,
24whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)—
25but now, I [say], I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints.
Rom 1:10-13
4 verses
79%
10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.
11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
1 Thess 2:17-18
2 verses
77%
17But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
18because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
Rom 15:19-21
3 verses
74%
19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
20yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;
21but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
2 Cor 1:15-16
2 verses
73%
15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;
16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.
2 John 1:12
71%
12Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.
Rom 15:31-32
2 verses
71%
31that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judaea, and [that] my ministration which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
32that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.
1 Cor 16:12
70%
12But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not all [his] will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.
Rom 15:28-29
2 verses
70%
28When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain.
29And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
2 Cor 1:23
70%
23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
2 Tim 4:9
70%
9Give diligence to come shortly unto me:
1 Tim 3:14
70%
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
1 Cor 16:5-9
5 verses
70%
5But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;
6but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever {G1437} I go.
7For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry {G5100} a while with you, if the Lord permit.
8But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost;
9for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
1 Cor 4:18
70%
18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
Phlm 1:8
70%
8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
1 Thess 3:5
69%
5For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
2 Cor 2:1
69%
1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
Phlm 1:13
69%
13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
3 John 1:13
69%
13I had many things to write unto thee, but I am {G2309} unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:
2 Cor 2:3
68%
3And I wrote this very thing, {G5213} lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
Rom 15:15
68%
15But {G80} I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,
Phil 1:26
68%
26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Rom 1:15
68%
15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.
Heb 13:22
68%
22But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words.
Phlm 1:15
68%
15For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;
Acts 28:20
68%
20For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with [me]: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
Acts 20:2
68%
2And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
Acts 21:22
68%
22What is it therefore? They will certainly {G4905} {G1063} hear that thou art come.
Acts 19:21
68%
21Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Acts 20:16
68%
16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
1 Thess 3:1
67%
1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
Phil 2:20
67%
20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.
Titus 3:12
67%
12When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.
Acts 20:22
67%
22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
2 Cor 11:10
67%
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.