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

⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world. ⁹ God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the Goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray, ¹⁰ Asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you. ¹¹ For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength-- ¹² Or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other's faith.

¹³ I want you to know, Brothers, that I have many times intended coming to see you-but until now I have been prevented-that I might find among you some fruit of my labors, as I have already among the other nations. ¹⁴ I have a duty to both the Greek and the Barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant. ¹⁵ And so, for my part, I am ready to tell the Good News to you also who are in Rome.