Romans 1:7-11

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as 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, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.

For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;