Romans 2:4

2:4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know ¹  that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Romans 3:7

3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances ²  his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

Romans 4:5

4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, ³  his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:13

4:13 For the promise ⁴  to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 8:29

8:29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son ⁵  would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. ⁶ 

Romans 9:21-22

9:21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay ⁷  one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? ⁸  9:22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects ⁹  of wrath ¹⁰  prepared for destruction? ¹¹ 

Romans 11:1

Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final

11:1 So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

¹ tn Grk “being unaware.”

² tn Grk “abounded unto.”

³ tn Or “who justifies the ungodly.”

⁴ sn Although a singular noun, the promise is collective and does not refer only to Gen 12:7, but as D. Moo (Romans 1-8 [WEC], 279) points out, refers to multiple aspects of the promise to Abraham: multiplied descendants (Gen 12:2), possession of the land (Gen 13:15-17), and his becoming the vehicle of blessing to all people (Gen 12:13).

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God’s Son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

⁶ tn Grk “Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make from the same lump.”

⁷ tn Grk “one vessel for honor and another for dishonor.”

⁷ tn Grk “vessels.” This is the same Greek word used in v. 21.

⁸ tn Or “vessels destined for wrath.” The genitive ὀργῆς (orghs) could be taken as a genitive of destination.

⁹ tn Or possibly “objects of wrath that have fit themselves for destruction.” The form of the participle could be taken either as a passive or middle (reflexive). ExSyn 417-18 argues strongly for the passive sense (which is followed in the translation), stating that “the middle view has little to commend it.” First, καταρτίζω (katartizw) is nowhere else used in the NT as a direct or reflexive middle (a usage which, in any event, is quite rare in the NT). Second, the lexical force of this verb, coupled with the perfect tense, suggests something of a “done deal” (against some commentaries that see these vessels as ready for destruction yet still able to avert disaster). Third, the potter-clay motif seems to have one point: The potter prepares the clay.