Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)a servant^[a] of Christ Jesus, ^(B)called to be an apostle, ^(C)set apart for the gospel of God,

⁷ To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

^(A)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹¹ For ^(A)I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— ¹² that is, that we may be mutually encouraged ^(B)by each other's faith, both yours and mine. ¹³ I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,^[a] that ^(C)I have often intended to come to you (but ^(D)thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some ^(E)harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

²³ But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and ^(A)since I have longed for many years to come to you, ²⁴ I hope to see you in passing as I go ^(B)to Spain, and ^(C)to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. ²⁵ At present, however, ^(D)I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. ²⁶ For ^(E)Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. ²⁷ For they were pleased to do it, and indeed ^(F)they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. ²⁸ When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,^[a] I will leave ^(G)for Spain by way of you. ²⁹ I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing^[b] of Christ.