1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called as an Apostle, separated for the Gospel of God,
2. which he had promised beforehand, through his Prophets, in the Holy Scriptures,
3. about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh,
4. the Son of God, who was predestined in virtue according to the Spirit of sanctification from the resurrection of the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ,
5. through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles,
6. from whom you also have been called by Jesus Christ:
7. To all who are at Rome, the beloved of God, called as saints. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
8. Certainly, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, first for all of you, because your faith is being announced throughout the entire world.
9. For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit by the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I have kept a remembrance of you
10. always in my prayers, pleading that in some way, at some time, I may have a prosperous journey, within the will of God, to come to you.
11. For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you a certain spiritual grace to strengthen you,
12. specifically, to be consoled together with you through that which is mutual: your faith and mine.
13. But I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you, (though I have been hindered even to the present time) so that I might obtain some fruit among you also, just as also among the other Gentiles.
14. To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt.
15. So within me there is a prompting to evangelize to you also who are at Rome.
16. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation for all believers, the Jew first, and the Greek.