Romans 1:4-11

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,