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Romans 1:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Romans 1:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 I have an obligation to Greeks and non-Greeks[a] alike, to both the educated and the ignorant. 15 Thus, I am ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
The Gospel of God[b]
16 Power of Salvation for All Believers. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, since it is the power of God that offers salvation to everyone who has faith—to Jews first, and then to Gentiles as well.
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- Romans 1:14 Greeks and non-Greeks: literally, “Greeks and barbarians.” The “Greeks” were all who spoke Greek or followed the Greek way of life; the “non-Greeks” were all the other Gentiles to whom Paul preached.
- Romans 1:16 This extremely dense paragraph sums up the entire Letter. When we hear the word “gospel” we should not think of a book, but of the proclamation of salvation through faith. The citation in v. 17 from the prophet Habakkuk (2:4), each word of which here takes on a Christian value, constitutes the theological pivot of the entire Letter.
