your perfection. [13:10]For this reason, being absent, I write
these things, that I may not use sharpness when present, with the power
which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.

4 [13:11]Finally, brothers, rejoice, be perfect, be of good comfort, be
of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be
with you. [13:12]Salute one another with a holy kiss. [13:13]All the
saints salute you. [13:14]The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

CORINTH, A.D., 58. (ACTS, 18:1)

CHAPTER I.

HIMSELF, JESUS CHRIST, AND THE GOSPEL.

1 [1:1]PAUL, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set
apart to the gospel of God,-- [1:2]which he promised by his prophets in
the Holy Scriptures,-- [1:3]concerning his Son born of the posterity of
David as to the flesh, [1:4]declared to be the Son of God in power as
to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead,--Jesus
Christ our Lord,-- [1:5]through whom we have received grace and an
apostleship for the obedience of the faith in all nations in behalf of
his name, [1:6]among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ,--
[1:7]to all who are at Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 [1:8]First, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,
that your faith is proclaimed in all the world. [1:9]For God is my
witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how
incessantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers [1:10]asking if
by any means I may now at some time have a prosperous journey by the
will of God to come to you. [1:11]For I greatly desire to see you, that
I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that you may be strengthened,
[1:12]that is, that I may be comforted in you by the mutual faith both
of you and me.

3 [1:13]But I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that I often
purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, that I might have
some fruit also among you, as among the other gentiles. [1:14]I am a
debtor both to the Greeks and the Barbarians, both to the wise and the
ignorant; [1:15]so that as far as depends upon me I am ready also to
preach the gospel to those at Rome. [1:16] For I am not ashamed of the
gospel; for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that
believes, t