11 For I long to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift, to strengthen and establish you;

12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged and comforted by each other's faith, both yours and mine.

13 I do not want you to be unaware,[3] brothers and sisters, that many times I have planned to come to you, (and have been prevented so far) so that I may have some fruit [of my labors] among you, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.