Romans 1:9-16

9For 1God, whom I 2serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly 3I make mention of you, 10always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by 4the will of God I may succeed in coming to you. 11For 5I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be 6established; 12that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. 137I do not want you to be unaware, 8brethren, that often I 9have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some 10fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. 1411I am 12under obligation both to Greeks and to 13barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15So, for my part, I am eager to 14preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

16For I am not 15ashamed of the gospel, for 16it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the 17Jew first and also to 18the Greek.