1:10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
1:12That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
1:15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
1:19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: