with power manifested in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. But--to speak simply of my own labours--beginning in Jerusalem and the outlying districts, I have proclaimed without reserve, even as far as Illyricum, the Good News of the Christ;

But at present I am going to Jerusalem to serve God's people,

for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem.

asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there,