For I am longing so to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;

For ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his everlasting power and divinity, has been clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made. So they have no excuse.

For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope.

Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have overthrown thine altars; And now I alone am left, and they seek my life.

According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, Ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

But, as Scripture says, He shall be seen by those to whom no news about him ever came, And those who have never heard of him shall understand.

whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.