Romans 1:10

1:10 and I always ask ¹  in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God. ² 

Romans 3:5

3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates ³  the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? ⁴  (I am speaking in human terms.) ⁵ 

Romans 3:7

3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances ⁶  his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

Romans 5:10

5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

Romans 7:20

7:20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.

Romans 9:22

9:22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects ⁷  of wrath ⁸  prepared for destruction? ⁹ 

Romans 9:29

9:29 Just ¹⁰  as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of armies ¹¹  had not left us descendants,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” ¹² 

Romans 11:17

11:17 Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in ¹³  the richness of the olive root,

Romans 13:1

Submission to Civil Government

13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, ¹⁴  and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Romans 14:14-15

14:14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean. 14:15 For if your brother or sister ¹⁵  is distressed because of what you eat, ¹⁶  you are no longer walking in love. ¹⁷  Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

Romans 15:27

15:27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. ¹⁸  For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

[1:10]  ¹ tn Grk “remember you, always asking.”

[1:10]  ² tn Grk “succeed in coming to you in the will of God.”

[3:5]  ³ tn Or “shows clearly.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “That God is not unjust to inflict wrath, is he?”

[3:5]  ⁵ sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “abounded unto.”

[9:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “vessels.” This is the same Greek word used in v. 21.

[9:22]  ⁸ tn Or “vessels destined for wrath.” The genitive ὀργῆς (orghs) could be taken as a genitive of destination.

[9:22]  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.

[9:29]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:29]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts”; Grk “Lord Sabaoth,” which means “Lord of the [heavenly] armies,” sometimes translated more generally as “Lord Almighty.”

[9:29]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Isa 1:9.

[11:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “became a participant of.”

[13:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “by God.”

[14:15]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “brother.”

[14:15]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “on account of food.”

[14:15]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “according to love.”

[15:27]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the Jerusalem saints) has been specified in the translation for clarity.