Romans 1:15
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.
14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
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.
17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
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
- That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
- KJV
- So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
- WEB
- So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
- ASV
- So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.
- DARBY
- so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who [are] in Rome.
- BLB
- Thus, as to me, [I am] ready to preach the gospel also to you⁺ who [are] in Rome.
- ÅB
- Så for min del er jeg villig til å forkynne evangeliet også for dere i Roma.
- OTB
- Det er derfor jeg er ivrig etter å forkynne evangeliet også for dere som er i Roma.
- B1930
- således er jeg for min del villig til å forkynne evangeliet også for eder i Rom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 15:20
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:17
If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:15–16
Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
Read in contextMatthew 9:38
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
Read in context1 Kings 8:18
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
Read in contextActs 21:13
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Read in contextJohn 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
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