Romans 9:10

9:10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, ¹  our ancestor Isaac –

Romans 1:7

1:7 To all those loved by God in Rome, ²  called to be saints: ³  Grace and peace to you ⁴  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Romans 4:12

4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ⁵  who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. ⁶ 

Romans 6:4

6:4 Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. ⁷ 

¹ tn Or possibly “by one act of sexual intercourse.” See D. Moo, Romans (NICNT), 579.

² map For location see JP4-A1.

³ tn Although the first part of v. 7 is not a complete English sentence, it maintains the “From…to” pattern used in all the Pauline letters to indicate the sender and the recipients. Here, however, there are several intervening verses (vv. 2-6), which makes the first half of v. 7 appear as an isolated sentence fragment.

⁴ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

³ tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

⁴ tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”

⁴ tn Grk “may walk in newness of life,” in which ζωῆς (zwhs) functions as an attributed genitive (see ExSyn 89-90, where this verse is given as a prime example).