“But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;”
But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you — Nun de (but now) mēketi topos (no longer any place) for my work in tois klimasi toutois (these regions), my longing (pothos) to come to hymas (you) opens up after many years.
Church Fathers on Romans 15:23
“But now having no more place in these parts.” See how he shows that it was not from any coveting of glory from them, that he both wrote and was also coming. “And having a great desire to come to you these many years,”
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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