the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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THE MESSAGE
Romans 1:14
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I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.
I am debter both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise, and to the vnwise.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to the uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I have a duty to all people—Greeks and those who are not Greeks, the wise and the foolish.
I have a duty to perform and a debt to pay both to Greeks and to barbarians [the cultured and the uncultured], both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
It doesn't matter if people are civilized and educated, or if they are uncivilized and uneducated. I must tell the good news to everyone. That's why I am eager to visit all of you in Rome.
I owe a debt to both civilized Greeks and uncivilized people, to both the educated and the ignorant;
I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:
I must serve all people—those who share in Greek culture and those who are less civilized, the educated as well as the ignorant.
I am detter both to the Grecians, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise men and vnto the vnwise.
Greeks and Barbarians, the wise and the unwise; for it is my duty to preach to everybody.
For I have an obligation to all peoples, to the civilized and to the savage, to the educated and to the ignorant.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise, and to foolish,
I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
I am debtor both to Yevanim and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
Both to Greeks and to barbarians,[fn] both to wise and to foolish people, I am a debtor.1 Corinthians 9:16;">[xr]
that among you also I may have fruit as among the rest of the nations of the Javnoyee and Barbaroyee, the wise and the foolish,
Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unwise: for to every man am I a debtor, to preach [fn] .
I am debter both to the grekes, and to the barbarous, both to the wyse, and to the vnwise.
I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.
I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:
To Grekis and to barberyns, to wise men and to vnwise men,
I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians, both to the wise, and to the unwise.
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.
For I have a great sense of obligation to people in both the civilized world and the rest of the world, to the educated and uneducated alike.
I must help the people who have had a chance to hear the Good News and those who have not. I must help those with much learning and those who have never learned from books.
I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish
Both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to wise and to unwise, a debtor, I am:
To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish:
For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them which are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned.
Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,
I am detter both to the Grekes, and to the vngrekes, to the wyse and to the vnwyse.
I owe what service I can do to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, to the learned, and to the illiterate.
I've been called to ride with real hands and city slickers, smart people and not so smart people.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
debtor: Romans 8:12, Romans 13:8,*Gr: Acts 9:15, Acts 13:2-4, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, 2 Timothy 2:10
Greeks: Acts 28:4, 1 Corinthians 14:11, Colossians 3:11
both to: Romans 1:22, Romans 11:25, Romans 12:16, Romans 16:19, Matthew 11:25, Luke 10:21, 1 Corinthians 1:19-22, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 9:16, 2 Corinthians 10:12, 2 Corinthians 11:19, Ephesians 5:15-17, James 3:17, James 3:18
to the unwise: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 8:5, Isaiah 35:8, 1 Corinthians 14:16, 1 Corinthians 14:23, 1 Corinthians 14:24, Titus 3:3
Reciprocal: Matthew 20:27 - whosoever Acts 16:32 - to all Acts 20:21 - to the Jews Acts 28:2 - barbarous Romans 15:19 - fully 1 Corinthians 9:19 - I made 2 Corinthians 11:28 - the care Galatians 1:16 - that
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians,.... The meaning is, that he was obliged by the call he had from God, the injunction that was laid upon him by him, and the gifts with which he was qualified, to preach the Gospel to all sorts of men; who are here distinguished into Greeks and Barbarians: sometimes by Greeks are meant the Gentiles in general, in opposition to the Jews; see Romans 1:16; but here they design only a part of the Gentiles, the inhabitants of Greece, in opposition to all the world besides; for the Greeks used to call all others that were not of themselves Barbarians e: or else by Greeks are meant the more cultivated nations of the world, and by Barbarians the ruder and more uncivil parts of it; to which agrees the next division of mankind,
both to the wise and to the unwise. The Gospel was to be preached "to the wise"; such who thought themselves to be so, and were so with respect to human wisdom and knowledge; though it should be despised by them, as it was, and though few of them were called by it, some were, and still are, though not many; and such wisdom there is in the Gospel, as the wisest of men may learn by it, will be entertaining to them, is far beyond their contempt, and what will serve to exercise their talents and abilities, to search into the knowledge of, and rightly to understand; and it must be preached "to the unwise"; for such God has chosen to confound the wise; these he calls by his grace, and reveals his Gospel to, whilst he hides it from the wise and prudent; and there is that in the Gospel which is plain and easy to the weakest mind, enlightened by the Spirit of God.
e Cornel. Nepos, l. 1. c. 2, 7. & 2, 3. & 3. 6. & 4. 1. & passim. Quint. Curtius, l. 3. c. 4, 7. & 6. 5. & passim.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I am debtor - This does not mean that they had conferred any favor on him, which bound him to make this return, but that he was under obligation to preach the gospel to all to whom it was possible. This obligation arose from the favor that God had shown him in appointing him to this work. He was specially chosen as a vessel to bear the gospel to the Gentiles Acts 9:15; Romans 11:13, and he did not feel that he had discharged the obligation until he had made the gospel known as far as possible among all the nations of the earth.
To the Greeks - This term properly denotes “those who dwelt in Greece.” But as the Greeks were the most polished people of antiquity, the term came to be synonymous with the polished, the refined, the wise, as opposed to barbarians. In this place it doubtless means the same as “the wise,” and includes the Romans also, as it cannot be supposed that Paul would designate the Romans as barbarians. Besides, the Romans claimed an origin from Greece, and Dionysius Halicarnassus (book i.) shows that the Italian and Roman people were of Greek descent.
Barbarians - All who were not included under the general name of Greeks. Thus, Ammonius says that “all who were not Greeks were barbarians.” This term “barbarian,” Βάρβαρος Barbaros, properly denotes one who speaks a foreign language, a foreigner, and the Greeks applied it to all who did not use their tongue; compare 1 Corinthians 14:11, “I shall be unto him that speaketh, a barbarian, etc. that is, I shall speak a language which he cannot understand. The word did not, therefore, of necessity denote any rusticity of manners, or any lack of refinement.
To the wise - To those who esteemed themselves to be wise, or who boasted of their wisdom. The term is synonymous with “the Greeks,” who prided themselves much in their wisdom. 1 Corinthians 1:22, “the Greeks seek after wisdom;” compare 1 Corinthians 1:19; 1Co 3:18-19; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 11:19.
Unwise - Those who were regarded as the ignorant and unpolished part of mankind. The expression is equivalent to ours, ‘to the learned and the unlearned.’ It was an evidence of the proper spirit to be willing to preach the gospel to either. The gospel claims to have power to instruct all mankind, and they who are called to preach it, should be able to instruct those who esteem themselves to be wise, and who are endowed with science, learning, and talent; and they should be willing to labor to enlighten the most obscure, ignorant, and degraded portions of the race. This is the true spirit of the Christian ministry.
So, as much as in me is - As far as opportunity may be offered, and according to my ability.
I am ready ... - I am prepared to preach among you, and to show the power of the gospel, even in the splendid metropolis of the world. He was not deterred by any fear; nor was he indifferent to their welfare; but he was under the direction of God. and as far as he gave him opportunity, he was ready to make known to them the gospel, as he had done at Antioch, Ephesus, Athens, and Corinth.
This closes the introduction or preface to the Epistle. Having shown his deep interest in their welfare, he proceeds in the next verse to state to them the great doctrines of that gospel which he was desirous of proclaiming to them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 1:14. I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians — It has been remarked before that all the nations of the earth, themselves excepted, were termed barbarians by the Greeks. See the origin of the word barbarous in the note on Acts 28:2. The apostle considers himself, by his apostolical office and call, under obligation to preach the Gospel to all people, as far as the providence of God might open his way; for this is implied in the Divine commission:-Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature-to the wise and the unwise; to the learned and cultivated as well as to the unlearned and uncultivated. This evidently appears to be the import of the terms.
