Romans 1:9-16

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.

14I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.