5. through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;
6. among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;
7. to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9. For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
10. requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
11. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
12. that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.