Romans 1:9-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in proclaiming the gospel of his Son, that I remember you constantly,(A) 10 [a]always asking in my prayers that somehow by God’s will I may at last find my way clear to come to you.(B) 11 For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened,(C) 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another’s faith, yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[b] that I often planned to come to you, though I was prevented until now, that I might harvest some fruit among you, too, as among the rest of the Gentiles.(D)
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- 1:10–12 Paul lays the groundwork for his more detailed statement in Rom 15:22–24 about his projected visit to Rome.
- 1:13 Brothers is idiomatic for all Paul’s “kin in Christ,” all those who believe in the gospel; it includes women as well as men (cf. Rom 4:3).
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