On debtor (οφειλετης) see Ga 5:3.

Both to Greeks and to Barbarians (Hελλησιν τε κα βαρβαροις). The whole h…

I am debtor. This does not mean that they had conferred any favor on him, which bound him to make this return, but that …

Why is the Apostle so eager to come to them? Because an obligation, a duty, is laid upon him. (Compare to 1 Corinthians 9:16, neces…

Paul felt a debt to everybody. The God who saved him had saved him that he might preach the gospel in every place he could reach. Brethren, if you …

Paul looks forward to his visit, but he also considers it an obligation. Why? He has already laid the groundwork for such a statement by acknowledg…

I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, etc. Those whom he means by the Greeks and the Barbarians, he later explains by ad…

I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians ,
&c.] The meaning is, that he was obliged by the call he ha…

We must show love for our friends, not only by praying for them, but by praising God for them.

1. After the greeting, the Apostle begins the me age, in which he first shows his affection for his readers to make them receptive hearers, …