Romans 1:8-15 - Paul Wants To Visit Rome
8 First I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the news of your faith is spreading all over the world. 9 As God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in spreading the good news of his Son, I never fail to mention you when I pray, 10 and to ask that somehow by God's will I may some day at last succeed in reaching you. 11 For I long to see you, to convey to you some spiritual gift that will strengthen you; 12 in other words, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith.
13 I want you to understand, brothers, that I have often intended to come to see you (though thus far I have been prevented) in order to produce some results among you, as well as among the rest of the heathen. 14 I owe a debt both to Greeks and to foreigners, to the cultivated and the uncultivated. 15 So, for my part, I am eager to preach the good news to you at Rome also.