Romans 1:15

15 so that that is in me is ready to preach the gospel also to you that be at Rome.

Romans 1:15 Meaning and 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.

Romans 1:15 In-Context

13 And, brethren, I will not, that ye not know [that ye unknow], that oft I purposed to come to you, and I am letted [and I am forbidden] till this time, that I have some fruit in you, as [and] in other folks.
14 To Greeks and to barbarians, to wise men and to unwise men, I am debtor,
15 so that that is in me is ready to preach the gospel also to you that be at Rome.
16 For I shame not the gospel, for it is the virtue of God into health to each man that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.
17 For the rightwiseness of God is showed in it, of faith into faith, as it is written, For a just man liveth of faith.
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