Romans 2:14

2:14 For whenever the Gentiles, ¹  who do not have the law, do by nature ²  the things required by the law, ³  these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

Romans 10:20

10:20 And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.” ⁴ 

Romans 11:1

Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final

11:1 So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:8

11:8 as it is written,

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,

to this very day.” ⁵ 

Romans 11:11

11:11 I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, ⁶  did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel ⁷  jealous.

Romans 12:16

12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ⁸  Do not be conceited. ⁹ 

[2:14]  ¹ sn Gentile is a NT term for a non-Jew.

[2:14]  ² tn Some (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:135-37) take the phrase φύσει (fusei, “by nature”) to go with the preceding “do not have the law,” thus: “the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature,” that is, by virtue of not being born Jewish.

[2:14]  ³ tn Grk “do by nature the things of the law.”

[10:20]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 65:1.

[11:8]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10.

[11:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “that they might fall.”

[11:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:16]  ¹³ tn Or “but give yourselves to menial tasks.” The translation depends on whether one takes the adjective “lowly” as masculine or neuter.

[12:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “Do not be wise in your thinking.”