Romans 11:30-31

11:30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience, 11:31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now ¹  receive mercy.

Romans 2:8

2:8 but ²  wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition ³  and do not obey the truth but follow ⁴  unrighteousness.

Romans 10:21

10:21 But about Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!” ⁵ 

Romans 15:31

15:31 Pray ⁶  that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

[11:31]  ¹ tc Some important Alexandrian and Western mss (א B D*^,c 1506 pc bo) read νῦν (nun, “now”) here. A few other mss (33 365 pc sa) have ὕστερον (Justeron, “finally”). mss that lack the word are Ì⁴⁶ A D² F G Ψ 1739 1881 Ï latt. External evidence slightly favors omission with good representatives from the major texttypes, and because of the alliance of Alexandrian and Byzantine mss (with the Byzantine going against its normal tendency to embrace the longer reading). Internally, scribes could have added νῦν here to give balance to the preceding clause (οὗτοι νῦν ἠπείθησαν…αὐτοὶ νῦν ἐλεηθῶσιν [|outoi nun hpeiqhsan…autoi nun elehqwsin; “they have now been disobedient…they may now receive mercy”]). However, it seems much more likely that they would have deleted it because of its seeming inappropriateness in this context. That some witnesses have ὕστερον presupposes the presence of νῦν in their ancestors. A decision is difficult, but νῦν is slightly preferred, since it is the more difficult reading and is adequately represented in the mss.

[2:8]  ¹ tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

[2:8]  ² tn Grk “those who [are] from selfish ambition.”

[2:8]  ³ tn Grk “are persuaded by, obey.”

[10:21]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 65:2.

[15:31]  ¹ tn Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.