Romans 1

¹Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, [a] called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings,

²(which he had before promised by his prophets in holy writings,)

³concerning his Son (come of David's seed according to flesh,

⁴marked out Son of God in power, according to [the] Spirit of holiness, by resurrection of [the] dead) Jesus Christ our Lord;

⁵by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations,

⁶among whom are ye also [the] called of Jesus Christ:

⁷to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and [our] Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,

¹⁰always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

¹¹For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;

¹²that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith [which is] in the other, both yours and mine.

¹³But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also.