Romans 1:8-15

New Century Version

A Prayer of Thanks

⁸ First I want to say that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because people everywhere in the world are talking about your faith. ⁹ God, whom I serve with my whole heart by telling the Good News about his Son, knows that I always mention you ¹⁰ every time I pray. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you, and this will happen if God wants it. ¹¹ I want very much to see you, to give you some spiritual gift to make you strong. ¹² I mean that I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you. ¹³ Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I planned many times to come to you, but this has not been possible. I wanted to come so that I could help you grow spiritually as I have helped the other non-Jewish people.

¹⁴ I have a duty to all people—Greeks and those who are not Greeks, the wise and the foolish. ¹⁵ That is why I want so much to preach the Good News to you in Rome.