Romans 1:8-17

Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
9 God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
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.
11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—
12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,[a] 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.
14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[b] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[c]

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Cross References 22

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 1:4; Ephesians 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:3
  • 2. S Romans 10:18; Romans 16:19
  • 3. 2 Timothy 1:3
  • 4. Job 16:19; Jeremiah 42:5; 2 Corinthians 1:23; Galatians 1:20; Philippians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:5,10
  • 5. 1 Samuel 12:23; S Luke 18:1; S Acts 1:14; Ephesians 1:16; Philippians 1:4; Colossians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Timothy 1:3; Philemon 4
  • 6. S Acts 18:21
  • 7. ver 13; Romans 15:32
  • 8. Romans 15:23
  • 9. 1 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31
  • 10. S Romans 11:25
  • 11. S Romans 7:1
  • 12. Romans 15:22,23
  • 13. 1 Corinthians 9:16
  • 14. Romans 15:20
  • 15. 2 Timothy 1:8
  • 16. 1 Corinthians 1:18
  • 17. S John 3:15
  • 18. Acts 3:26; Acts 13:46
  • 19. S Acts 13:46; Romans 2:9,10
  • 20. Romans 3:21; Philippians 3:9
  • 21. S Romans 9:30
  • 22. Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.
  • [b]. Or "is from faith to faith"
  • [c]. Hab. 2:4
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