Book of Common Prayer

1 Paul^[a], a slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle^[b], having been separated^[c] for the good-news of God ² which He promised-beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures ³ concerning His Son— the One having come from the seed of David according-to^[d] the flesh, ⁴ the One having been designated^[e] as the Son of God with power according to the Spirit^[f] of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord— ⁵ through Whom we received grace and apostleship for the obedience of ^[g] faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of His name, ⁶ among whom you also are called ones of Jesus Christ, ⁷ to all the ones being in Rome, beloved ones of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ First, I am giving-thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for you all because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world. ⁹ For God is my witness— Whom I am serving in my spirit in^[h] the good-news of His Son— how unceasingly I am making mention of you ¹⁰ always in my prayers, asking if somehow now at last I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.

¹¹ For I am yearning to see you in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you so that you may be established. ¹² And this is that I may be encouraged-together-with you among you— through each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

¹³ And I do not want you to be-unaware, brothers, that often I planned to come to you— and was prevented until now— in order that I might have some fruit among you also, as indeed among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴ I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and foolish. ¹⁵ So for my part, I am eager also to announce-the-good-news to you, the ones in Rome.

Jesus Heals a Boy His Disciples Could Not Heal Because of Their Little Faith

¹⁴ And they having come to the crowd, a man came to Him, kneeling-before Him, ¹⁵ and saying, “Master, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and is suffering badly. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to Your disciples and they were not able to cure him”. ¹⁷ But having responded, Jesus said, “O unbelieving^[a] and perverted generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear-with you? Bring him here to Me”. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon departed from him, and the boy was cured from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples, having come to Jesus privately, said, “For what reason were we not able to cast it out?” ²⁰ And the One says to them, “Because of your little-faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a seed^[b] of a mustard-plant, you will say to this mountain, ‘Pass from-here to-there’, and it will pass. And nothing will be impossible for you. ^21 [c]