Romans 1:13
“Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.”
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Counter-Arguments
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Related Verses
“Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.”
“So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.”
“But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;”
“For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;”
“When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.”