6. This also includes you who are in Rome, whom God has called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7. And so I write to all of you in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his own people:May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the whole world is hearing about your faith.
9. God is my witness that what I say is true — the God whom I serve with all my heart by preaching the Good News about his Son. God knows that I remember you