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8 ) First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
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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,
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10 ) Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
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11 ) For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end all of you may be established,
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12 ) That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
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13 ) Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let until now,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
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14 ) I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise, and to the unwise.
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15 ) So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
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16 ) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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17 ) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.