Paul’s main point in Romans 6:1-14 is v. 11: “Consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God through Christ Jesus.” This is the first imperative in Romans! I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. I am debtor; he was under obligation in consequence of what Christ had done for him. He wants to strengthen the believers there with a spiritual gift (Romans 1:11). Greek was spoken everywhere. Commentary on Romans by John Calvin. “I am debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, to the wise and the unwise.” The Greeks in every ramification of culture and civilization (i. e., poetry, oratory, philosophy and the fine arts) had stood at the top of the world the last five hundred years. With this Paul introduces the great subject of the epistle, and, in a sense, of the Gospel—that which he here designates . ", Paul HAD TO PREACH. I am debtor both to the (cultivated) Greeks - among whom might be classed the educated Romans, who prided themselves on their Greek culture (see Cic. Indeed he feels under a great burden of debt to all men. The contrast implied is that between willing (which Paul for his part is equal to) and carrying out the will (which depends on God (Romans 1:10)). Meanwhile, through the Alexandrian conquest, she had given to the world the most wonderful language of all ages, in the providence of God the vehicle for the transmission of the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth. Sermon Notes – Romans 6:1-14, Part 3. by David Allen | Sep 23, 2014 | Bible, Preaching, Sermons, Theology | 1 comment. Having been saved we come under an obligation to bring others to Christ. All teachers have also a rule here which they are to follow, and that is, modestly and kindly to accommodate themselves to the capacities of the ignorant and unlearned. 14. There is an obligation that rests on those who share the gospel. Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Hence the Greeks enjoyed a universally recognized pre-eminence above the nations of the earth, all others, even the Jews, contrastively denominated “barbarians.” Paul was God’s cosmopolitan missionary, like Bishop Taylor at the present day. They enjoyed the works and teaching of the philosophers, and looked down on those who neither read them nor understood them, seeing them as ‘foolish’ (compare Acts 17:21). That is, I am bound to preach the word of God to all. 2:1-9). ), Romans 1:14 f. These verses are naturally taken as an expansion of the thought contained in the preceding. Romans 3:25-26 Commentary. The logic Paul seeks to refute is that grace has the opportunity to show itself for what it is — a gift given in the face of rejection — when … Continue reading "Commentary on Romans 6:1-14" I stopped the car, and I vaulted over the gate, and I ran around in a great big circle striding as wide as I could. It is gratuitous, and probably mistaken, to argue with Weiss that he meant to describe them as , when we know that the early Roman Church was Greek speaking. Did Christ deny himself for our brethren, so as to die for them, and shall not we deny ourselves for them, so as to keep from any indulgence? Every soul: This c… Romans 1:14 I am a debtor. Titus 3:3. I have been stressing during the five years we have been on television, Paul is the designated apostle of the Gentiles. In addition, he wants to lead many more people to faith in Christ, both among this group of readers and … Commentary on Romans 14:14-18 (Read Romans 14:14-18) Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, though they are weak in it. Four things are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work. He is a debtor to all, whatever may be the distinctions of language or race. He knew that both stood equally in need of the Gospel, and that for them all it was equally adapted. "Debtor"-"under obligation" (NASV). Romans 4:16-18 Commentary. "A practical question arises here: Was Paul under any obligation that the rest of us are not under? Subject to the governing authorities: The connection between Romans 12 and Romans 13is clear. The Greeks called all other peoples ‘Barbarians;’ the word having reference to the strange, unintelligible language. The chapter begins with a most comfortable account of the safety of believers in Christ; the apostle does not say there is nothing condemnable in them, for sin is in them and is condemnable, and condemned by them; and is hurtful to their spiritual joy and comfort, though it cannot bring them into condemnation, because of their being in Christ Jesus: he says there is , "not one condemnation" to them, or one … Words in boxes are from the Bible. 16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. The Romans are evidently conceived as Gentiles, but Paul does not indicate where they would stand in the broad classification of Romans 1:14. Consequently, I feel that it’s in the Pauline letters that we have to garner basically the fundamental truths for Salvation, for the Christian walk, for the operation of the local Church. The Romans are evidently … He was debtor to the wise, that is to say, the philosophers, as they were called among the Greeks; and to the unwise, or those who made no profession of philosophy. ‘I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.’. Christ had, by granting him grace and apostleship, brought him under an infinite indebtedness, which he was obliged to pay off to the world needing a like salvation. If it depended only on him, he would be exercising his ministry at Rome. Romans 1:14 Context. Read Introduction to Romans . To Greeks and to Barbarians. But in whatever way these distinctions were viewed, he declares that both the one and the other were equal to him: he was debtor to them all, to the Greeks, because their light was only the darkness of error or of idle speculation to the Barbarians, for he ought to have compassion on their ignorance. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Romans 8:1-14. EXEGESIS OF ROMANS 8.1-14 _____ A Paper Presented to Dr. Gerry Breshears Western Seminary _____ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course THS 680, Individualized Research _____ By Brian LePort January 27, 2010. www.easyenglish.bible. But ‘foolish’ implies more of a bad sense than the word used by the Apostle. Some were wise and some unwise, some Greeks and some barbarians. Romans 3:24 Commentary. The striking order of the original is reproduced in the emended rendering: Both to Greeks and to Barbarians; both to wise and to unwise, I am debtor. 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