Romans 1:8-17

New King James Version

Desire to Visit Rome

⁸ First, ^(A)I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that ^(B)your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. ⁹ For ^(C)God is my witness, ^(D)whom I serve ^[a]with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that ^(E)without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, ¹⁰ making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you. ¹¹ For I long to see you, that ^(F)I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— ¹² that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by ^(G)the mutual faith both of you and me.

¹³ Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but ^(H)was hindered until now), that I might have some ^(I)fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. ¹⁴ I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. ¹⁵ So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

The Just Live by Faith

¹⁶ For ^(J)I am not ashamed of the gospel ^[b]of Christ, for ^(K)it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, ^(L)for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ¹⁷ For ^(M)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ^(N)“The just shall live by faith.”