Romans 2:3

2:3 And do you think, ¹  whoever you are, when you judge ²  those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, ³  that you will escape God’s judgment?

Romans 9:20

9:20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being ⁴  – to talk back to God? ⁵  Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” ⁶ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “do you think this,” referring to the clause in v. 3b.

[2:3]  ² tn Grk “O man, the one who judges.”

[2:3]  ³ tn Grk “and do them.” The other words are supplied to bring out the contrast implied in this clause.

[9:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “O man.”

[9:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”

[9:20]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.