<p>1:11 <i>For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to strengthen you- </i>Paul so longed (the Greek is very intense, s.w. &ldquo;lust&rdquo;) to see the Romans so that he could give them some spiritual gift. Why was his physical presence so necessary in order to give this gift? Perhaps he refers to a literal laying on of hands which would&rsquo;ve been necessary to impart the Spirit gifts? But that gift was so that they might be &ldquo;established&rdquo;, confirmed and set in their way. Was there, therefore, a gift of spiritual confirmation which could only be given by the literal physical presence of Paul? Or was the miraculous gift he intended to impart intended to be a part of establishing them as group?</p>