Romans 1:9 ASV

⁷  To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called `to be' saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸  First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

⁹  For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

¹⁰  making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered 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 may be established;