5. By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name:
6. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7. To all that 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 you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
10. Making request (if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey 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 ye may be established;
12. That is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.
13. Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come to you (but have been hitherto hindered) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14. I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians, both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17. For in this is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness, and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.