Epistle to the Romans (Long Version)

All the ends of the world and all the kingdoms of this earth will profit me nothing. It is better for me to die for the sake of Jesus Christ than to reign over all the ends of the earth. "For what does a man gain if he wins the whole world but loses his own soul?" I long for the Lord, the Son of the true God and Father, even Jesus Christ. I seek Him, who died for us and rose again. Pardon me, brothers: do not hinder me from attaining life, for Jesus is the life of believers. Do not wish to keep me in a state of death, for life without Christ is death. While I desire to belong to God, do not give me over to the world. Allow me to obtain pure light: when I have gone there, I shall truly be a man of God. Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of Christ, my God. If anyone has Him within themselves, let them consider what I desire, and let them have sympathy with me, knowing how I am constrained.