Discovery BoxRomans 1:14-16 
Context1:14 I am a debtor 1 both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 1:15 Thus I am eager 2 also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. 3
The Power of the Gospel
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 4
1 tn Or “obligated.”
2 tn Or “willing, ready”; Grk “so my eagerness [is] to preach…” The word πρόθυμος (proqumo", “eager, willing”) is used only elsewhere in the NT in Matt 26:41 = Mark 14:38: “the spirit indeed is willing (πρόθυμος), but the flesh is weak.”
3 map For location see JP4 A1.
4 sn Here the Greek refers to anyone who is not Jewish.
