Study it in the app“Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that often I intended to come to you (and I have been prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the rest of the nations.”
NowδὲI do notοὐwantθέλωyouὑμᾶςto be unaware,ἀγνοεῖνbrothers,ἀδελφοίthatὅτιoftenπολλάκιςI intendedπροεθέμηνto comeἐλθεῖνtoπρὸςyouὑμᾶς(andκαὶI have been preventedἐκωλύθηνuntilἄχρι τοῦnow),δεῦροso thatἵναI might haveσχῶsomeτινὰfruitκαρπὸνamongἐνyouὑμῖνalso,καὶjust asκαθὼς καὶamongἐνthe restτοῖς λοιποῖςof the nations.ἔθνεσιν
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appearsnot know
To lack knowledge, or act in the dark.
Where else “agnoein” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearsoften
Often, many times.
Where else “pollakis” appearspurpose
To make plans, decide beforehand.
Where else “proethemēn” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthein” appearshinder
To hinder, to prevent.
Where else “ekōlythēn” appearsuntil
Until; as far as.
Where else “achri” appearsuntil now
Up to this moment, until now.
Where else “deuro” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “schō” appearsresult
The result of what someone is or does.
Where else “karpon” appearsrest
What remains of a group, those not yet named.
Where else “loipois” appearsGentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnesin” appears12that is, to be encouraged together among you through each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
13 · This verse (above)
14I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
1. What it says
How does Paul introduce himself at the start of the letter, and what does he say he is not ashamed of? (vv. 1, 16)
2. What it means
Paul says God's invisible qualities are perceived in what he made (vv. 19-20). What do you think he means by that?
3. How I live it
Paul was not ashamed of the good news (v. 16). How can you speak naturally and respectfully about what you value most?
