Romans 1:7-15
to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayersmaking request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.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.I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.
