Romans 1:12 (ASV)

Passage

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other`s faith, both yours and mine.

Nearby Context

Romans 1:10 making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

Romans 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Romans 1:12 that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other`s faith, both yours and mine.

Romans 1:13 And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "comforted", "each", "other", "both", "yours", and "mine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "comforted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For I long to see you that..." into verse 13's "And I would not have you ignorant...", so "faith" and "comforted" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "comforted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.