First, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all: because your faith is spoken of in the whole world. 9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make a commemoration of you: 10Always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you. 11For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace, to strengthen you: 12That is to say, that I may be comforted together in you by that which is common to us both, your faith and mine. 13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come unto you (and have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 14To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor. 15So (as much as is in me) I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are at Rome.