“But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.”
Now, however, I am going to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord's people there. — Poreuomai (I am going) de (now) eis Hierousalēm (toward Jerusalem) diakonēin (to serve, minister) tois hagiois (to the saints, holy ones). His immediate mission: service to the Jerusalem church.
Church Fathers on Romans 15:25
Since he had said that I have no longer “more place in these parts,” and, “I have a great desire, these many years, to come unto you,” but he still intended to delay; lest it should be thought that he was making a jest of them, he mentions the cause also why he still puts it off, and he says, that “I am going unto Jerusalem,” and is apparently giving the excuse for the delay. But by means of this he also makes good another object, which is the exhorting of them to alms, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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