Jesus tells us that the greatest commandments are to love God and your neighbor as yourself.
Most of us, if we were asked if we are upright, we would say that we are not, because we fail, we make mistakes, we are not perfect, and that is the way things are.
When I was a teenager, Dad taught me to be responsible by taking me with him to deliver his work projects to a company.
There is a great sense of Paul’s commitment and responsibility to the people of Rome, as he feels obligated to go and share the gospel with them.
Paul tells the Romans of his intention to go to them, but for some reason he has not been able to.