5 Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.
6 You also are among them, called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.
11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,