6, Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7, To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8, ¶ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9, For God is my witness, whom I serve with3 my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
10, Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
11, For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12, That is, that I may be comforted together with4 you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
13, Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among5 you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14, I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15, So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16, ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17, For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. |
