Romans 2:26

2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys ¹  the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Romans 5:20

5:20 Now the law came in ²  so that the transgression ³  may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

Romans 10:1

10:1 Brothers and sisters, ⁴  my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites ⁵  is for their salvation.

Romans 11:15-16

11:15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 11:16 If the first portion ⁶  of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches. ⁷ 

[2:26]  ¹ tn The Greek word φυλάσσω (fulassw, traditionally translated “keep”) in this context connotes preservation of and devotion to an object as well as obedience.

[5:20]  ² tn Grk “slipped in.”

[5:20]  ³ tn Or “trespass.”

[10:1]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “on behalf of them”; the referent (Paul’s fellow Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “firstfruits,” a term for the first part of something that has been set aside and offered to God before the remainder can be used.

[11:16]  ⁵ sn Most interpreters see Paul as making use of a long-standing metaphor of the olive tree (the root…the branches) as a symbol for Israel. See, in this regard, Jer 11:16, 19. A. T. Hanson, Studies in Paul’s Technique and Theology, 121-24, cites rabbinic use of the figure of the olive tree, and goes so far as to argue that Rom 11:17-24 is a midrash on Jer 11:16-19.