Romans 1:11-13

New Catholic Bible

¹¹ For I am longing to see you so that I may bestow on you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— ¹² or, rather, so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

¹³ I want you to be aware, brethren,^[a] that I have often planned to visit you (although until now I have been prevented from doing so) because it has been my desire to achieve some harvest among you as I have among other Gentiles.