Romans 1:7-13

7To all those in Rome, loved by God, called to be kedoshim: Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah!

8First, I thank my God through Messiah Yeshua for all of you, because your faithfulness is made known throughout the whole world.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Good News of His Son. How unceasingly I make mention of you,

10always pleading in my prayers, if somehow by God’s will now at last I will be granted a good journey to come to you.

11For I long to see you, so I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you.

12That is to say, we would be encouraged together by one another’s faithfulness—both yours and mine.

13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that many times I planned to come to you (though I was prevented until now)—so I might have some fruit among you also, just as I have among the rest of the nations.