Romans 1:8-15 - Paul Wants To Visit Rome

⁸ First of all, I want to thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being told about throughout the whole world. ⁹ For God, whom I serve wholeheartedly in [preaching] the Gospel of His Son, is my witness [to the truth] of how continually I mention you in my prayers. ¹⁰ I am always requesting that somehow, by God's will, I may now eventually be able to visit you. ¹¹ For I long to see you so that I can provide you with some spiritual gift [See I Cor. 12:1-11], for the purpose of strengthening you [in the faith]. ¹² What I mean is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.

¹³ And I want you to be aware, brothers, of how frequently I [had] planned to visit you (but was prevented from doing so until now). I wanted to come in order to bear some fruit [i.e., make additional converts] among you, just as I have done among the other Gentiles [i.e., unconverted people]. ¹⁴ I have a debt to pay [i.e., an obligation to preach] to Greeks and heathens; to the educated and to the ignorant. ¹⁵ So, to the best of my ability, I am eager to preach the Gospel to all of you in Rome also.