Romans 1:12 (DBY)

Passage

that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith [which is] in the other, both yours and mine.

Nearby Context

Romans 1:10 always beseeching at my prayers, if any way now at least I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Romans 1:11 For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;

Romans 1:12 that is, to have mutual comfort among you, each by the faith [which is] in the other, both yours and mine.

Romans 1:13 But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also.

Romans 1:14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For I greatly desire to see you..." into verse 13's "But I do not wish you to...", so "faith" and "mutual" 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 "mutual" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.