1:8 First of all, 15 I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 1:9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel 16 of his Son, is my witness that 17 I continually remember you 1:10 and I always ask 18 in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God. 19 1:11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift 20 to strengthen you, 1:12 that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, 21 both yours and mine. 1:13 I do not want you to be unaware, 22 brothers and sisters, 23 that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles. 24