Romans 1:11

Updated Bible Version

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For I want very much to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

King James Version (1611)
For I long to see you, that I may impart vnto you some spirituall gift, to the end you may be established,

King James Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

English Standard Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

New American Standard Bible
For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;

New Century Version
I want very much to see you, to give you some spiritual gift to make you strong.

Amplified Bible
For I long to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift, to strengthen and establish you;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;

Legacy Standard Bible
For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be strengthened;

Berean Standard Bible
For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

Contemporary English Version
I want to see you and share with you the same blessings that God's Spirit has given me. Then you will grow stronger in your faith.

Complete Jewish Bible
For I long to see you, so that I might share with you some spiritual gift that can make you stronger —

Darby Translation
For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;

Easy-to-Read Version
I want very much to see you and give you some spiritual gift to make your faith stronger.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For I long to see you, that I might bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that you might be strengthened:

George Lamsa Translation
For I long to see you, and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, in order that you may be strengthened by it,

Good News Translation
For I want very much to see you, in order to share a spiritual blessing with you to make you strong.

Lexham English Bible
For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,

Literal Translation
For I long to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, for the establishing of you;

American Standard Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Bible in Basic English
For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

Hebrew Names Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;

International Standard Version
For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,Romans 15:29;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For I greatly desire to see you, and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit,

Murdock Translation
For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For I long to see you, that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that ye myght be stablisshed.

English Revised Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

World English Bible
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift,

Weymouth's New Testament
For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y desire to se you, to parten sumwhat of spiritual grace,

Webster's Bible Translation
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

New English Translation
For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

New King James Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established--

New Living Translation
For I long to visit you so I can bring you some spiritual gift that will help you grow strong in the Lord.

New Life Bible
I want to see you so I can share some special gift of the Holy Spirit with you. It will make you strong.

New Revised Standard
For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For I am longing to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift unto you, to the end ye may be established, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace, to strengthen you:

Revised Standard Version
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For I longe to see you that I myght bestowe amoge you some spirituall gyfte to strength you with all:

Young's Literal Translation
for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I longe to se you, that I mighte bestowe vpon you some spirituall gifte to stregth you

Mace New Testament (1729)
for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, in order to establish you:

Simplified Cowboy Version
It'll be good for everyone's spirit when this happens.

Contextual Overview

⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. ⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly remember you ¹⁰ always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length 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 you may be established; ¹² that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine. ¹³ And I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you (and was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles. ¹⁴ I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵ So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.

Bible Verse Review
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I long: Romans 15:23, Romans 15:32, Genesis 31:30, 2 Samuel 13:39, 2 Samuel 23:15, 2 Corinthians 9:14, Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:26, Philippians 4:1

that: Romans 15:29, Acts 8:15-19, Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 2 Corinthians 11:4, Galatians 3:2-5, Ephesians 4:8-12

to the: Romans 16:25, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Acts 16:5, 2 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, Hebrews 13:9, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 Peter 5:12, 2 Peter 1:12, 2 Peter 3:17, 2 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: Acts 8:17 - they received Acts 15:36 - and see Acts 19:2 - Have ye Romans 12:6 - then 2 Corinthians 1:15 - that Philippians 1:25 - for 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - affectionately 1 Thessalonians 3:10 - might perfect 2 Timothy 1:4 - desiring Hebrews 6:4 - and have James 2:1 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

Genesis 1:16
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night and the stars.

Genesis 1:17
And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light on the earth,

Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, Look, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

Genesis 2:5
And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth: and the man was not [there] to till the ground;

Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made Yahweh God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16
And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I long to see you,.... Not the city of Rome, which was one of Austin's three wishes to have seen in its glory; nor the emperor of it, nor the senate in it, nor its populous inhabitants, fine buildings, riches and grandeur; but the poor saints there, which were the excellent men of the earth, of the whole Roman empire, and in whom was his delight: his desire to see them was not to gratify his curiosity, nor to spend his time in idle chat with them, nor with a view to enrich himself by them; but, says he,

that I may impart some spiritual gift: not any extraordinary gift of the Spirit; but spiritual light, knowledge, peace, and comfort, through the exercise of his ministerial gift: whence it may be observed, that that which qualities men for the preaching of the word to the profit of others, is a gift, a gift by grace; a spiritual one, which comes from the Spirit of God, and may be, and is to be imparted to others in the free use and exercise of it; and that,

to the end that saints may be established; for such who are called by grace, need establishing. They are indeed in a safe state and condition; they are encircled in the arms of everlasting love, they are fixed in the hands of Christ, secured in an everlasting covenant, established on the rock of ages, and settled in a state from whence they can never fall: yet, notwithstanding this, they are sometimes very unstable in their hearts, in their frames, in the exercise of grace, and the discharge of duty, and in professing and adhering to the doctrines of the Gospel; wherefore they need establishing, as to a more firm persuasion of interest in the love of God, and in the covenant of grace, as to a more stable exercise of grace in Christ, and as to a more constant discharge of duty, and steady profession of adherence to the truths of the Gospel; to all which the ministration of the word has a tendency, with a divine blessing.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I long to see you - I earnestly desire to see you; compare Romans 15:23, Romans 15:32.

That I may impart - That I may “give,” or communicate to you.

Some spiritual gift - Some have understood this as referring to “miraculous gifts,” which it was supposed the apostles had the power of conferring on others. But this interpretation is forced and unnatural. There is no instance where this expression denotes the power of working miracles. Besides, the apostle in the next verse explains his meaning, “That I may be comforted together by the mutual faith,” etc. From this it appears that he desired to be among them to exercise the office of the ministry, to establish them in the gospel and to confirm their hopes. He expected that the preaching of the gospel would be the means of confirming them in the faith; and he desired to be the means of doing it. It was a wish of benevolence, and accords with what he says respecting his intended visit in Romans 15:29, “And I am sure that when I come, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.” To make known to them more fully the blessings of the gospel, and thus to impart spiritual gifts, was the design he had in view.

To the end ... - With the design, or purpose.

Ye may be established - That is, that they might be “confirmed” in the truths of the gospel. This was one design of the ministry, that Christians may be established, or strengthened, Ephesians 4:13. It is not to have dominion ever their faith, but to be “helpers of their joy,” 2 Corinthians 1:24. Paul did not doubt that this part of his office might be fulfilled among the Romans, and he was desirous there also of making full proof of his ministry. His wish was to preach not simply where he must, but where he might. This is the nature of this work.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 1:11. Some spiritual gift — This probably means some of the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit, which, being given to them, might tend greatly to establish their faith in the Gospel of Christ; and it is very likely that such gifts were only conferred by means of apostles; and as the apostle had not yet been at Rome, consequently the Roman Christians had not yet received any of these miraculous gifts, and thus they differed widely from all the other Churches which had been raised by the apostle's ministry.