Romans 1:15

15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

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Romans 1:15 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

English Standard Version (ESV)

15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

New Living Translation (NLT)

15 So I am eager to come to you in Rome, too, to preach the Good News.

The Message Bible (MSG)

15 And that's why I can't wait to get to you in Rome, preaching this wonderful good news of God.

American Standard Version (ASV)

15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

15 That's why I'm eager to tell you who live in Rome the Good News also.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

15 So I am eager to preach the good news to you also who are in Rome.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

15 So I really want to preach the good news also to you who live 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Romans 1:15 In-Context

13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”