For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, in order that you may be established;

(for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

to those who, by patient continuance in good works, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life:

For we are saved by this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for, what any one sees, why does he also hope for it?

But if we hope for that which we see not we wait for it with patience.

What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life.

as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.

let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and let them bow down their back always.

Therefore, let us seek those things which belong to peace, and those which tend to mutual edification.

but, as it is written: They to whom he was not preached, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.

when I make my journey into Spain, I hope, in passing through, to see you, and to be conducted by you on my journey thither, after I am first partly satisfied with your company.