Romans 1:8-15

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Longing to Go to Rome

⁸First, ^(A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, ^(B)because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. ⁹^(C)For God is my witness, ^(D)whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, ^(E)that without ceasing I mention you ¹⁰always in my prayers, asking that somehow ^(F)by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. ¹¹For ^(G)I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— ¹²that is, that we may be mutually encouraged ^(H)by each other's faith, both yours and mine. ¹³I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,^[a] that ^(I)I have often intended to come to you (but ^(J)thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some ^(K)harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. ¹⁴^(L)I am under obligation both to Greeks and to ^(M)barbarians,^[b] both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

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Footnotes

Romans 1:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Romans 1:14 That is, non-Greeks

Philippians 1:3-11

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

³^(A)I thank my God ^(B)in all my remembrance of you, ⁴always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, ⁵^(C)because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶And I am sure of this, that he who began ^(D)a good work in you ^(E)will bring it to completion at ^(F)the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you ^(G)in my heart, for you are all ^(H)partakers with me of grace,^[a] both ^(I)in my imprisonment and in ^(J)the defense and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸For ^(K)God is my witness, ^(L)how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹And it is my prayer that ^(M)your love may abound more and more, ^(N)with knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰so that you may approve what is excellent, ^(O)and so be pure and blameless ^(P)for the day of Christ, ¹¹filled ^(Q)with the fruit of righteousness that comes ^(R)through Jesus Christ, ^(S)to the glory and praise of God.