Romans 1:8

Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome

1:8 First of all, ¹  I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Romans 6:17

6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed ²  from the heart that pattern ³  of teaching you were entrusted to,

Acts 11:23

11:23 When ⁴  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ⁵  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ⁶ 

Acts 21:20

21:20 When they heard this, they praised ⁷  God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews ⁸  there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers ⁹  of the law. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Grk “First.” Paul never mentions a second point, so J. B. Phillips translated “I must begin by telling you….”

² tn Grk “you were slaves of sin but you obeyed.”

³ tn Or “type, form.”

⁴ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

⁵ tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

⁶ tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.

⁷ tn Or “glorified.”

⁸ tn Grk “how many thousands there are among the Jews.”

⁹ tn Or “are all zealous for the law.” BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.β has “of thing…τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20.”

¹⁰ sn That is, the law of Moses. These Jewish Christians had remained close to their Jewish practices after becoming believers (1 Cor 7:18-19; Acts 16:3).