Romans 1:11-12 : For I long to see you, that I may im-part unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established: that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine. What was this "spiritual gift" which Paul desired to impart to them? Commentators differ. Some tell us that, it was the benefit Paul wished to impart to them by his teaching; but it can hardly be that, for Paul was teaching them in this letter. It seems more likely that he referred to spiritual gifts, though it is singular that he said "gift" instead of "gifts." Per-haps there were not as many people in that church endowed with miraculous powers as Paul thought there should be. It is likely that some of the active workers among Paul's friends had received these powers before they went to Rome. One thing is sure; and that is, that some people at Rome had been endowed with these spiritual gifts, for Paul gave instructions about the proper use of them. (See Romans 12:6-8). Paul wanted to impart this spiritual gift, "to the end ye may be established." He wanted both himself and them to be comforted in each other's faith. To confer upon them some spiritual gift would certainly be a comfort to them, and to see their increase of faith and useful-ness would be a comfort to him.