Romans 1:14-16

1:14 I am a debtor ¹  both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 1:15 Thus I am eager ²  also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. ³ 

The Power of the Gospel

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. ⁴ 

[1:14]  ¹ tn Or “obligated.”

[1:15]  ² tn Or “willing, ready”; Grk “so my eagerness [is] to preach…” The word πρόθυμος (proqumo", “eager, willing”) is used only elsewhere in the NT in Matt 26:41 = Mark 14:38: “the spirit indeed is willing (πρόθυμος), but the flesh is weak.”

[1:15]  ³ map For location see JP4 A1.

[1:16]  ⁴ sn Here the Greek refers to anyone who is not Jewish.