1. From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
2. This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,
3. concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh,
4. who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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,
12. that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.