Romans 14:8

14:8 If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 2:25

2:25 For circumcision¹ has its value if you practice the law, but² if you break the law,³ your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 7:3

7:3 So then,⁴ if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her⁵ husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

Romans 12:20

12:20 Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.⁶

Romans 2:26

2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys⁷ the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Romans 10:15

10:15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely⁸ is the arrival⁹ of those who proclaim the good news.”¹⁰

Romans 11:23

11:23 And even they – if they do not continue in their unbelief – will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Romans 7:2

7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her¹¹ husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.¹²

Romans 9:27

9:27 And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, “Though the number of the children¹³ of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

Romans 14:23

14:23 But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.¹⁴

Romans 15:24

15:24 when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me¹⁵ on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

Romans 10:9

10:9 because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord¹⁶ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 11:22

11:22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but¹⁷ God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness;¹⁸ otherwise you also will be cut off.

Romans 13:4

13:4 for it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God’s servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

¹sn Circumcision refers to male circumcision as prescribed in the OT, which was given as a covenant to Abraham in Gen 17:10-14. Its importance for Judaism can hardly be overstated: According to J. D. G. Dunn (Romans [WBC], 1:120) it was the “single clearest distinguishing feature of the covenant people.” J. Marcus has suggested that the terms used for circumcision (περιτομή, peritomh) and uncircumcision (ἀκροβυστία, akrobustia) were probably derogatory slogans used by Jews and Gentiles to describe their opponents (“The Circumcision and the Uncircumcision in Rome,” NTS 35 [1989]: 77-80).

²tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

³tn Grk “if you should be a transgressor of the law.”

¹tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

²tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

¹sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.

¹tn The Greek word φυλάσσω (fulassw, traditionally translated “keep”) in this context connotes preservation of and devotion to an object as well as obedience.

¹tn The word in this context seems to mean “coming at the right or opportune time” (see BDAG 1103 s.v. ὡραῖος 1); it may also mean “beautiful, attractive, welcome.”

²tn Grk “the feet.” The metaphorical nuance of “beautiful feet” is that such represent timely news.

³sn A quotation from Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15.

¹tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

²tn Grk “husband.”

¹tn Grk “sons.”

¹tc Some mss insert 16:25-27 at this point. See the tc note at 16:25 for more information.

¹tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.

¹tn Or “the Lord.” The Greek construction, along with the quotation from Joel 2:32 in v. 13 (in which the same “Lord” seems to be in view) suggests that κύριον (kurion) is to be taken as “the Lord,” that is, Yahweh. Cf. D. B. Wallace, “The Semantics and Exegetical Significance of the Object-Complement Construction in the New Testament,” GTJ 6 (1985): 91-112.

¹tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

²tn Grk “if you continue in (the) kindness.”