Romans 1:7-15 All of you there in Rome i.e., the church there are also among such obedient believers. You are called Jesus Christ’s people, loved by God and called to be His holy people. May you have unearned favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ All of you there in Rome [i.e., the church there] are also among such obedient believers. You are called Jesus Christ’s [people], loved by God and called to be His holy people. May you have unearned favor and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ First of all, I want to thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being told about throughout the whole world. ⁹ For God, whom I serve wholeheartedly in [preaching] the Gospel of His Son, is my witness [to the truth] of how continually I mention you in my prayers. ¹⁰ I am always requesting that somehow, by God’s will, I may now eventually be able to visit you. ¹¹ For I long to see you so that I can provide you with some spiritual gift [See I Cor. 12:1-11], for the purpose of strengthening you [in the faith]. ¹² What I mean is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. ¹³ And I want you to be aware, brothers, of how frequently I [had] planned to visit you (but was prevented from doing so until now). I wanted to come in order to bear some fruit [i.e., make additional converts] among you, just as I have done among the other Gentiles [i.e., unconverted people]. ¹⁴ I have a debt to pay [i.e., an obligation to preach] to Greeks and heathens; to the educated and to the ignorant. ¹⁵ So, to the best of my ability, I am eager to preach the Gospel to all of you in Rome also.