Romans 1:9-16

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.

14I have an obligation to both Greeks and barbarians, to both the wise and the foolish.

15So I am eager to proclaim the Good News also to you who are in Rome.

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