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I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

Romans 1:14 (KJV)

Commentary on Romans 1:14

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.Paul's sense of mission is framed as obligation: Hellēsin te kai barbarois, sophois te kai anoētois opheiletēs eimi (Ἕλλησίν τε καὶ βαρβάροις, σοφοῖς τε καὶ ἀνοήτοις ὀφειλέτης εἰμί, 'both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and foolish, I am debtor'). Opheiletēs (ὀφειλέτης, debtor/one who owes) indicates that Paul's apostleship created obligation. Having freely received the gospel, he owed it to others (1 Corinthians 9:16: 'Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!').The pairs Hellēsin/barbarois (Greek...

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