Romans 1:8-15

English Standard Version

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

Romans 1:8-15

Common English Bible

Thanksgiving and Paul’s plans to visit

⁸First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the news about your faithfulness is being spread throughout the whole world. ⁹I serve God in my spirit by preaching the good news about God’s Son, and God is my witness that I continually mention you ¹⁰in all my prayers. I’m always asking that somehow, by God’s will, I might succeed in visiting you at last. ¹¹I really want to see you to pass along some spiritual gift to you so that you can be strengthened. ¹²What I mean is that we can mutually encourage each other while I am with you. We can be encouraged by the faithfulness we find in each other, both your faithfulness and mine.

¹³I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I planned to visit you many times, although I have been prevented from coming until now. I want to harvest some fruit among you, just as I have done among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴I have a responsibility both to Greeks and to those who don’t speak Greek, both to the wise and to the foolish.

God’s righteousness is revealed

¹⁵That’s why I’m ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

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Romans 1:8-15 English Standard Version