I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. - Romans 1:13-15
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you; that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. - Rom. 1:11-12
I mention you always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you; that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. - Romans 1:10-12
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers - Rom. 1:9-10a
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. - 1 Cor. 13:4-6
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ - Eph. 4:15
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