This is an easy to use but very thorough Bible commentary on the book of Romans.
Are you studying the Bible book of Romans? Are you searching for Bible class material on the book of Romans? Whether you are involved in a personal study on the book of Romans, you are trying to teach a Bible class on this book, or you are a busy minister that wants help teaching and preaching on passages from the book of Romans, the Romans commentary from www.www.abiblecommentary.com.com is an excellent resource.
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1:14-16: I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Several of the thoughts in verses 14-16 build upon each other. In verse 14 Paul said, “I am a debtor.” Since he was a debtor, what was he willing to do? Verse 15 says, “preach the gospel.” How was Paul going to preach the gospel? Verse 16 says “without shame.”
The word debtor (opheiletes) has three different senses in the New Testament. There is the literal sense of owing money to someone (Mt. 18:24). There is the sense of sin; we need forgiveness of our spiritual debts (Mt. 6:12). The third sense is here. Out of a sense of debt, people are bound to a task, idea, or person (this same sense is found in Rom. 8:12 and Gal. 5:3). Here, the word is in the present tense; Paul was continuously a debtor. He could not do enough to unbind himself from Jesus and his mission.
Though Paul was a debtor to all people, he did not name the Jews because Rome was mainly composed of Gentiles. This culture was filled with “Greeks” and “Barbarians.” The Greeks (hellen) were from the Graeco-Roman culture. Paul used this word in verses 14, 16; 2:9, 10; 3:9; and 10:12. The word Barbarians (barbaros) distinguished the Greeks from the non-Greeks. In this book it is only found here. The first place it occurs in the New Testament is Acts 28:2. Paul also spoke of the “wise” (the intelligent and educated Gentiles) and the “unwise” (those who lacked a good education and perhaps intelligence). The word unwise (anoetos) is applied to both believers (Lk. 24:25) and unbelievers (Tit. 3:3). Paul even applied this term to the Galatians (Gal. 3:1, “foolish”). Here, it describes non-Christians. The Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (1:105) describes the unwise as “uneducated.” The words wise and unwise are opposites.
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