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Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, ^(F1)(C1)called as an apostle, ^(C2)set apart for ^(C3)the gospel of God,

which He ^(C1)promised beforehand through His ^(C2)prophets in the holy Scriptures,

concerning His Son, who was born ^(C1)of a ^(F1)descendant of David ^(C2)according to the flesh,

who was declared ^(C1)the Son of God with power according to the ^(F1)Spirit of holiness ^(F2)by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

through whom we have received grace and ^(C1)apostleship ^(F1)to bring about the ^(C2)obedience of faith among ^(C3)all the Gentiles in behalf of His name,

among whom you also are the ^(C1)called of Jesus Christ;

to all who are ^(C1)beloved of God in Rome, called as ^(F1)(C2)saints: ^(C3)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, ^(C1)I thank my God through Jesus Christ ^(F1)for you all, because ^(C2)your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.

For ^(C1)God, whom I ^(C2)serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly ^(C3)I make mention of you,

always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by ^(C1)the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.

For ^(C1)I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be ^(F1)established;

that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

^(C1)I do not want you to be unaware, ^(C2)brothers and sisters, that often I ^(C3)have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some ^(C4)fruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

^(C1)I am ^(F1)under obligation both to Greeks and to the ^(F2)(C2)uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish.

So, for my part, I am eager to ^(C1)preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.