001:006 among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:
001:007 To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints.
May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
001:008 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He
has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is
spreading through the whole world.
001:009 I call God to witness—to whom I render priestly and spiritual
service by telling the Good News about His Son—how unceasingly
I make mention of you in His presence,
001:010 always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such
be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me
to come to you.
001:011 For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some
spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;
001:012 in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually
encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.
001:013 And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you—though until now I have been disappointed— in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.
001:014 I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races
and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:
001:015 so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim
the Good News to you also who are in Rome.