Romans 1:15
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That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
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So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also--He feels himself under an all-subduing obligation to carry the gospel to all classes of mankind, as adapted to and ordained equally for all (Co1 9:16).
Open source ↗In this chapter we may observe, I. The preface and introduction to the whole epistle, to Rom 1:16. II. A description of the deplorable condition of the Gentile world, which begins the proof of the doctrine of justification by faith, here laid down at Rom 1:17. The first is according to the then usual formality of a letter, but intermixed with very excellent and savoury expressions.
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In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.