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Romans chapter 1 verses 14 and 15

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.

What a statement.

Paul says I am under obligation to Greeks to barbarians, to the wise, the foolish.

I am obligated to share the gospel.

I owe the gospel to all these types of people.

That's why I'm eager to breach the gospel to those of you who are in Rome.

Like, so the Greek and the barbarian, barbarian here would refer to those outside of Greek culture

so he's basically saying to everybody around me and specifically Paul's talking about

his desire to make the gospel known among the Gentiles, but not just

the Gentiles, because right after this in Romans chapter 1, verse 16, he says, I'm not ashamed of the

gospel, it's the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew and also to the Greek.

Like, Paul wants everybody to know the gospel and he sees himself as owing the gospel to them.

So like he's in debt, like I have a debt to pay.

I owe you the gospel. I am under obligation. Now obviously he's not sharing the

gospel with people because he feels like he has to. He wants to. It's the

greatest news in the world, but he realizes he has a responsibility

to, that he has been entrusted with good news to make it known.

Like, think about it this way.

If you had the cure to cancer,

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