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I am debtorx both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

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1 Cor. 9:16• ¹⁶For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings. (1 Cor. 9:16)

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Rom. 8:12• ¹²So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh; (Rom. 8:12)

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Rom. 13:8• ⁸Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. (Rom. 13:8)

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Rom. 13• (Rom. 13)

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Acts 9:15• ¹⁵And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel: (Acts 9:15)

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Acts 13:2‑4• ²And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
³Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid their hands on them, they let them go.
⁴They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus. (Acts 13:2‑4)

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Acts 22:21• ²¹And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off. (Acts 22:21)

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Acts 26:17‑18• ¹⁷taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:17‑18)

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1 Cor. 9:16‑23• ¹⁶For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
¹⁷For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.
¹⁸What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless to others, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in announcing the glad tidings.
¹⁹For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.
²⁰And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
²¹to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain those without law.
²²I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
²³And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them. (1 Cor. 9:16‑23)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

Greeks.

Acts 28:4• ⁴And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer, whom, though saved out of the sea, Nemesis has not allowed to live. (Acts 28:4)

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1 Cor. 14:11• ¹¹If therefore I do not know the power of the sound, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks a barbarian for me. (1 Cor. 14:11)

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Col. 3:11• ¹¹wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is everything, and in all. (Col. 3:11)

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Rom. 1:22• ²²professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)

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Rom. 11:25• ²⁵For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in; (Rom. 11:25)

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Rom. 12:16• ¹⁶Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)

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Rom. 16:19• ¹⁹For your obedience has reached to all. I rejoice therefore as it regards you; but I wish you to be wise as to that which is good, and simple as to evil. (Rom. 16:19)

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Matt. 11:25• ²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes. (Matt. 11:25)

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Luke 10:21• ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Luke 10:21)

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1 Cor. 1:19‑22• ¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
²²Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom; (1 Cor. 1:19‑22)

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1 Cor. 2:13• ¹³which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, communicating spiritual things by spiritual means. (1 Cor. 2:13)

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1 Cor. 3:18• ¹⁸Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. (1 Cor. 3:18)

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1 Cor. 9:16• ¹⁶For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings. (1 Cor. 9:16)

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2 Cor. 10:12• ¹²For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent. (2 Cor. 10:12)

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2 Cor. 11:19• ¹⁹For ye bear fools readily, being wise. (2 Cor. 11:19)

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Eph. 5:15‑17• ¹⁵See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,
¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
¹⁷For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord. (Eph. 5:15‑17)

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James 3:17‑18• ¹⁷But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
¹⁸But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace. (James 3:17‑18)

to the unwise.

Prov. 1:22• ²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge? (Prov. 1:22)

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Prov. 8:5• ⁵O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense. (Prov. 8:5)

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Isa. 35:8• ⁸And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go this way--even fools,--shall not err therein. (Isa. 35:8)

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1 Cor. 14:16,23‑24• ¹⁶Since otherwise, if thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple Christian say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?
²³If therefore the whole assembly come together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and simple persons enter in, or unbelievers, will not they say ye are mad?
²⁴But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple person come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all; (1 Cor. 14:16,23‑24)

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Titus 3:3• ³For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:3)

• "The Greeks" and "the Barbarians." These were the civilized and the uncivilized people of this world in his day. (“Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17” by B. Anstey)

• "To the wise and to the unwise." These were the educated and the uneducated people of the world. (“Opening Salutations: Romans 1:1-17” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:

W. Kelly Translation

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Both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent, I am debtor;