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8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
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8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
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9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
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9 God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
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10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
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10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
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11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you--
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11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong--
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12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
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12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.
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13 I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
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13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
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14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
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14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
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15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
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15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.
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