Romans 1:12 (YLT)

Passage

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

Nearby Context

Romans 1:10 always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

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

Romans 1:12 and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

Romans 1:13 And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that many times I did purpose to come unto you--and was hindered till the present time--that some fruit I might have also among you, even as also among the other nations.

Romans 1:14 Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "comforted", "together", "through", "another", "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 do not wish you to...", 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.