Romans 1:26

1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, ¹ 

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 11:7

11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The ⁵  rest were hardened,

[1:26]  ¹ tn Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις (crhsi") has the force of “sexual relations” here (L&N 23.65).

[1:7]  ² map For location see JP4 A1.

[1:7]  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.

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[11:7]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.