Longing to See You

The Good News and the Exchange · Romans 1

Story guide: Contextual visual essay. Paul thanks God for the Roman believers, continually remembers them in prayer, and longs to visit so that they and he may be mutually encouraged. He is eager to proclaim the good news in Rome.

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8First, I thank my God through Jesus the Messiah for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

9For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of his Son, is my witness that I continually mention you.

10always in my prayers, asking whether somehow, at last, by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

11For I long to see you, so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you to strengthen you,

12that is, that I may be mutually encouraged among you through each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often planned to come to you—but have been prevented until now—so that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

14I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

15So, for my part, I am eager to proclaim the good news also to you who are in Rome.

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