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Romans chapter 1 verses 14 through 16

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel.

For it is the power of God for salvation

to everyone who believes, to the Jew first,

and also to the Greek.

These verses in Romans are a powerful introduction to this book.

As Paul says, I love the gospel.

I'm not ashamed of it.

This good news that Jesus died on the cross

and risen from the grave.

I love the gospel.

I want to proclaim it boldly in the world around me, but then he says right before that

not only do I want to I'm under obligation both the Greeks and the barbarians, what's the wise and the foolish, to preach this gospel.

That's why I'm eager to preach to those of you who are in Rome, and then he gets later in the book.

He says, I'm eager to get this gospel to Spain.

But he says these words, I am under obligation. So apparently in Paul's mind, ownership of the

gospel creates an obligation with the gospel.

Because he knows the gospel, because he knows the good news of God's grace in Christ,

he owes it to make it known to other people.

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