Romans 9:23

9:23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects ¹  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory –

Romans 9:2

9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. ² 

Romans 2:19-21

2:19 and if you are convinced ³  that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 2:20 an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth – 2:21 therefore ⁴  you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

¹ tn Grk “vessels.” This is the same Greek word used in v. 21.

² tn Grk “my sorrow is great and the anguish in my heart is unceasing.”

³ tn This verb is parallel to the verbs in vv. 17-18a, so it shares the conditional meaning even though the word “if” is not repeated.

⁴ tn The structure of vv. 21-24 is difficult. Some take these verses as the apodosis of the conditional clauses (protases) in vv. 17-20; others see vv. 17-20 as an instance of anacoluthon (a broken off or incomplete construction).