3. concerning his Son (come of David's seed according to flesh,
4. marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by resurrection of the dead) Jesus Christ our Lord;
5. by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations,
6. among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7. to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.
9. For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
10. always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
11. For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;
12. that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith which is in the other, both yours and mine.
13. But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also.