Romans 1:13
But I would not that ye should be unacquainted, brethren, that oftentimes I have been purposing to come to you (and have been prevented until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentile nations.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12and that so I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and of me.
14Both to the Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the ignorant am I a debtor.
Cross References
John 12:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth single: but if it thus die, it beareth abundant produce.
Acts 14:27So when they arrived they called the church together, and related what great things God had done by them, and that he had opened to the heathen the door of faith.
Acts 16:6So passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia,
Acts 21:19And after embracing them, he related every particular of the things which God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Romans 15:18For I will not dare to say any thing of those things which Christ hath not wrought by my ministry, to engage the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
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 →