Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 15:27

27. It hath pleased them verily , and their debters they are , For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also, to minister to them in carnal things .

He makes this repetition, as to commend the Grecians, so also to admonish the Romans to the like benevolence.

i. e. The Gentiles are Debtors to the Iewes; though what they sent them was a Gift, yet it was also a Debt, it was due by the Law of Charity, chap. 13.8. and by the Law of Gratitude and Equity, they had received from them, and they were obliged in some sort to make returnes to them.

By the Spiritual things of the Iewes, of which the Gentiles were made partakers, you may understand all those things of which mention is made, chap. 9.4, 5. More particularly, the Gospel with the Ministry, and Ordinances thereof: The Gospel was first Preached to the Iewes, and from Ierusalem it was spread abroad among the Gentiles, vid. Luke 24.47. Act. 1.4, 8. By the carnal things of the Gentiles, you may understand their Gold and Silver, with all things needful for the sustentation of the body: you have a parallel-place in 1 Cor. 9.7.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.17.; 1 Cor. 9.11. Gal. 6.6.