Romans 1:13
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other's faith, both yours and mine.
14I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
Cross References
Isaiah 27:6In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud. And they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
John 12:24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat that falls into the ground dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit.
Acts 14:27And after arriving, and after gathering the assembly together, they reported as many things as God did with them, and that he opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 16:6But having passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,
Acts 21:19And having greeted them, he reported one by one what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,
Matthew Henry on Romans 1:9-16
Paul's Love to the Roman Christians. ( a. d. 58.) 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 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; 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. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye… Read the whole commentary →