Romans 1:15

God’s righteousness is revealed

15 That's why I'm ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in 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 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I planned to visit you many times, although I have been prevented from coming until now. I want to harvest some fruit among you, just as I have done among the other Gentiles.
14 I have a responsibility both to Greeks and to those who don't speak Greek, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 That's why I'm ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
16 I'm not ashamed of the gospel: it is God's own power for salvation to all who have faith in God, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
17 God's righteousness is being revealed in the gospel, from faithfulness for faith, as it is written, The righteous person will live by faith.
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