Romans 1:6-14

⁶of the which hethen are ye a part also which are Iesus christes by vocacion.

⁷To all you of Rome beloved of God and saynctes by callinge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.

⁸Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all because youre fayth is publisshed through out all the worlde.

⁹For God is my witnes whom I serve with my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that with out ceasinge I make mencion of you alwayes in my prayers

¹⁰besechinge that at one tyme or another a prosperous iorney (by the will of god) myght fortune me to come vnto you.

¹¹For I longe to see you that I myght bestowe amonge you some spirituall gyfte to strength you with all:

¹²that is that I myght have consolacion together with you through the commen fayth which bothe ye and I have.

¹³I wolde that ye shuld knowe brethren how that I have often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but have bene let hitherto) to have some frute amonge you as I have amonge other of the Gentyls.

¹⁴For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them which are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned.