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Soοὕτωςfor my partτὸ κατ’ ἐμὲI ameagerπρόθυμονto proclaim the good newsεὐαγγελίσασθαιalsoκαὶto youὑμῖνwho areτοῖςinἐνRome.Ῥώμῃ
Romans 1:15
Study it in the app“So for my part I am eager to proclaim the good news also to you who are in Rome.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 1:15, word by word
- eagerπρόθυμονprothymon
willing
Willing, eager.
Where else “prothymon” appears- to proclaim the good newsεὐαγγελίσασθαιeuangelisasthai
proclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
Where else “euangelisasthai” appears- RomeῬώμῃRhōmēi
Rome
See it on the mapWhere else “Rhōmēi” appears
Places in this verse
Rome
Today: Rome, capital of Italy
The capital of the Roman Empire, in central Italy today, on the Tiber River.
Paul came there as a prisoner and preached two years without hindrance (Acts 28:16, 30-31). He wrote his longest letter to the believers in Rome (Rom 1:7).
The context
14I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 · This verse (above)
16For I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.
To study Romans 1 in a group
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?