Romans 1:7-13

7To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you

10always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

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

13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.