Romans 1:8-12

8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith [your trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] is being proclaimed in all the world.

9For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how continuously I mention you

10in my prayers; always pleading that somehow, by God’s will, I may now at last come to you.

11For I long to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift, to strengthen and establish you;

12that is, that we may be mutually encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.