Romans 2:17

The Condemnation of the Jew

2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law ¹  and boast of your relationship to God ² 

Romans 2:23

2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

Romans 5:3

5:3 Not ³  only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ⁴  in the hope of God’s glory.

Romans 5:11

5:11 Not ⁵  only this, but we also rejoice ⁶  in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

[2:17]  ¹ sn The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

[2:17]  ² tn Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.

[5:3]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[5:2]  ⁵ tn Or “exult, boast.”

[5:11]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[5:11]  ⁸ tn Or “exult, boast.”