 | Witner Ralph - Religion - 1979 - 252 pages
...for delivery ; and it is in that attitude that Paul recognized himself as standing when he said : " I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel." The postman is dishonest,... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - Religion - 2000 - 24 pages
...fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." Paul said in Romans 1:13, "Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that...fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles." Paul wanted to win souls to Christ in Rome just as he had won other Gentiles to Christ. We must not... | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer - Apologetics - 1994 - 448 pages
...God to bring men to us. Paul tells us very clearly what our attitude is to be. In 1:14, 15, he says, "I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians; both to the wise and to the unwise." I am a debtor, says Paul, to all classes of men. "So, as much as in me is, I am ready... | |
 | C. E. B. Cranfield - Religion - 2002 - 412 pages
...might obtain some fruit among you also even as / have done in the rest of the Gentile world. "1 am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish: "so my eager desire is to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. ""For I am... | |
 | C. E. B. Cranfield - Religion - 1985 - 410 pages
...might obtain some fruit among you also even as / have done in the rest of the Gentile world. "1 am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish: "so my eager desire is to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. '"For I am... | |
 | F. Leroy Forlines - Religion - 1987 - 404 pages
...a blessing. The blessing is a two-way street. 4. He explains why he had not been sooner (v. 13). 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that...let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among yon also, even as among other Gentiles. 1 would not have you ignorant, brethen, that oftentimes I purposed... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 1980 - 600 pages
...that " I may impart to you some spiritual gift," that I desired to see you ; but here more clearly, " that I might have some fruit among you also even as among other Gentiles." The rulers he puts with the subjects, and after the countless triumphs and victories and the glory... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - Bibles - 1992 - 834 pages
...established; 12 That is. that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 13 t with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians: both to the wise, and to the unwise. 15 So.... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Bible - 1995 - 444 pages
...Greek verb in the sense of exhorting rather than of comforting, since it suits the context better. And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.... | |
 | Jonathan D. Spence - History - 1996 - 450 pages
...the opening of Paul's Epistle to the Romans, with its message of travel and expansion of the faith: "I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are in Rome also."45... | |
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Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (but was let hitherto), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to... 
