10 always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by (A)the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you. 11 For (B)I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be [a]established; 12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 (C)I do not want you to be unaware, (D)brothers and sisters, that often I (E)have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some (F)fruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 (G)I am [b]under obligation both to Greeks and to the [c](H)uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish.

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  1. Romans 1:11 Or strengthened
  2. Romans 1:14 Lit debtor
  3. Romans 1:14 I.e., non-Hellenes

10 in my prayers at all times;(A) and I pray that now at last by God’s will(B) the way may be opened for me to come to you.(C)

11 I long to see you(D) so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift(E) to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. 13 I do not want you to be unaware,(F) brothers and sisters,[a](G) that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now)(H) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

14 I am obligated(I) both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

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  1. Romans 1:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.