Romans 1:14
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To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor.

debtor.

Romans 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.

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Acts 9:15 And the Lord said to him: Go thy way: for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

Acts 13:2-4 And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them. . . .

Acts 22:21 And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee.

Acts 26:17,18 Delivering thee from the people and from the nations unto which now I send thee: . . .

1 Corinthians 9:16-23 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. . . .

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

Greeks.

Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

1 Corinthians 14:11 If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me.

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

both to.

Romans 1:22 For, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

Romans 11:25 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.

Romans 12:16 Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Romans 16:19 For your obedience is published in every place. I rejoice therefore in you. But I would have you to be wise in good and simple in evil.

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Luke 10:21 In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.

1 Corinthians 1:19-22 For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise: and the prudence of the prudent I will reject. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak: not in the learned words of human wisdom, but in the doctrine of the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not match or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but we measure ourselves by ourselves and compare ourselves with ourselves.

2 Corinthians 11:19 For you gladly suffer the foolish: whereas yourselves are wise.

Ephesians 5:15-17 See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise, . . .

James 3:17,18 But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation. . . .

to the unwise.

Proverbs 1:22 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

Proverbs 8:5 Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

Isaiah 35:8 And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.

1 Corinthians 14:16,23,24 Else, if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing? Because he knoweth not what thou sayest. . . .

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Context
Paul's Desire to Visit Rome
13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come unto you (and have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 14To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor. 15So (as much as is in me) I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are at Rome.…
Cross References
Acts 28:2
For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.

1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

Lexicon
I am
εἰμί (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

obligated
ὀφειλέτης (opheiletēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3781: From opheilo; an ower, i.e. Person indebted; figuratively, a delinquent; morally, a transgressor.

both
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.

to Greeks
Ἕλλησίν (Hellēsin)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1672: From Hellas; a Hellen or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

non-Greeks,
Βαρβάροις (Barbarois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 915: A foreigner, one who speaks neither Greek nor Latin; as adj: foreign. Of uncertain derivation; a foreigner.

both
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.

to [the] wise
σοφοῖς (sophois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4680: Wise, learned, cultivated, skilled, clever. Akin to saphes; wise.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the] foolish.
ἀνοήτοις (anoētois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 453: Foolish, thoughtless. By implication, sensual.


Additional Translations
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.

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

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

I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:

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 already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:

I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,
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