Romans 2:15

2:15 They ¹  show that the work of the law is written ²  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ³  them, ⁴ 

Romans 9:33

9:33 just as it is written,

“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble

and a rock that will make them fall, ⁵ 

yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ⁶ 

Romans 11:22

11:22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but ⁷  God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; ⁸  otherwise you also will be cut off.

Romans 15:30

15:30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, ⁹  through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

¹ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

³ tn Or “excuse.”

⁴ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

⁵ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16; 8:14.

⁹ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

¹⁰ tn Grk “if you continue in (the) kindness.”

¹³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.