aPhil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5, 10; [ch. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:23; 11:10, 31]
bSee Acts 24:14
c2 Tim. 1:3
dch. 15:32; [1 Thess. 3:10]
ech. 15:22, 23; [Acts 19:21]
fSee 2 Pet. 1:1
hch. 15:22, 23; [Acts 19:21]
ich. 15:22; [1 Thess. 2:18]
jPhil. 4:17; [John 4:36]

Romans 1:9-13

9 aFor God is my witness, bwhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, cthat without ceasing I mention you 10always in my prayers, asking that somehow dby God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11For eI long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12that is, that we may be mutually encouraged fby each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ▼
▼Or  brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church
 that hI have often intended to come to you (but ithus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some jharvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
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