Romans 15:14-22 (Quoted from NLT)

14-16 “I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness.  You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them. (15) Even so, I have been bold enough to write about some of these points, knowing that all you need is a reminder.  For by God’s grace (16) I am a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles.  I bring you the Good News so that I might present you as an acceptable offering to God, made holy by the Holy Spirit.”

17-19 “So I have reason to be enthusiastic about all Christ Jesus has done through me in my service to God.  (18) Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bring the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them.  (19) They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit.  In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem to Illyricum.”

20-22 “My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has been started by someone else. (21) I have been following the plan spoken of in the Scriptures where it says, ‘Those who have never been told about him will see, and those who never heard of him will understand.’ (22) In fact, my visit to you has been delayed so long because I have been preaching in these places.” 

My Comments:  Paul believed the Romans were full of goodness, and they already knew the things he talked about so well that they could teach them to each other.  Paul just wanted to give them a reminder.  It was by God’s grace the he was a special messenger from Christ to the Gentiles, and those that accepted the message would be Paul’s offering to God, because they were made holy through the Holy Spirit.  So Paul was excited about all that Jesus had done through him.  The Gentiles were convinced by signs, wonders, and the power of the Holy Spirit.  Paul fully presented the Good News of Christ far and wide.  He took the Gospel message where Christ had never been heard of before.  He did what Scripture prophesied would happen, and he spent so much time preaching the message in places that it had never gone, that his visit to the Romans was delayed.