Romans 1:14

¹² that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

¹³ I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

¹⁵ That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

¹⁶ I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
KJV: I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
WEB: I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
ASV: I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
DARBY: I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:
BLB: I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to foolish.

ÅB: Jeg står i gjeld både til grekere og til barbarer, både til vise og uvise.
OTB: Jeg har en plikt overfor både grekere og ikke-grekere, både de vise og de uforstandige.
B1930: Jeg står i gjeld både til grekere og til barbarer, både til vise og uvise;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 9:16–23
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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Acts 9:15
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
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Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
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Acts 26:17–18
I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
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James 3:17–18
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
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Acts 22:21
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
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Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
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Romans 13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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