Romans 1:1-15

1From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.

2This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

3concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh,

4who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

5Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

6You also are among them, called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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

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

9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

10and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

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

12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

14I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

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