Romans 1:24

1:24 Therefore God gave them over ¹  in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor ²  their bodies among themselves. ³ 

Romans 2:9

2:9 There will be ⁴  affliction and distress on everyone ⁵  who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, ⁶ 

Romans 7:21

7:21 So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

Romans 9:16

9:16 So then, ⁷  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ⁸  but on God who shows mercy.

Romans 12:5

12:5 so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

Romans 13:6

13:6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities ⁹  are God’s servants devoted to governing. ¹⁰ 

Romans 16:21

16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots. ¹¹ 

[1:24]  ¹ sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 81:12.

[1:24]  ² tn The genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι (tou atimazesqai, “to dishonor”) has been taken as (1) an infinitive of purpose; (2) an infinitive of result; or (3) an epexegetical (i.e., explanatory) infinitive, expanding the previous clause.

[1:24]  ³ tn Grk “among them.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn No verb is expressed in this verse, but the verb “to be” is implied by the Greek construction. Literally “suffering and distress on everyone…”

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “every soul of man.”

[2:9]  ⁶ sn Paul uses the term Greek here and in v. 10 to refer to non-Jews, i.e., Gentiles.

[9:16]  ⁷ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[9:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”

[13:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “devoted to this very thing.”

[16:21]  ¹³ tn Grk “kinsmen, relatives, fellow countrymen.”