John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 1:15
So, as much as in me is, I am ready ,.... This explains what he was a debtor to one and another for, namely, to preach the Gospel ; expresses the readiness of his mind to that work, whatever difficulties lay in his way; and declares what a willing mind he had to preach it also to the Romans, as elsewhere: to you that are at Rome also ; the metropolis of the Roman empire, a very public place, the seat of Satan, and where was the heat of persecution. read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 1:14
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... read more