Romans 3:5

3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates ¹  the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? ²  (I am speaking in human terms.) ³ 

Romans 3:7

3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances ⁴  his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

Romans 5:2

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

Romans 5:8

5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 7:6

7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died ⁶  to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. ⁷ 

Romans 9:25

9:25 As he also says in Hosea:

“I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved, ⁸  ‘My beloved.’” ⁹ 

Romans 9:29

9:29 Just ¹⁰  as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of armies ¹¹  had not left us descendants,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” ¹² 

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 11:3

11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!” ¹³ 

Romans 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, ¹⁴  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ¹⁵  says the Lord.

Romans 14:11

14:11 For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.” ¹⁶ 

Romans 15:24

15:24 when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me ¹⁷  on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

Romans 16:4

16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “shows clearly.”

[3:5]  ² tn Grk “That God is not unjust to inflict wrath, is he?”

[3:5]  ³ sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “abounded unto.”

[5:2]  ⁷ tn Or “exult, boast.”

[7:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”

[9:25]  ¹³ tn Grk “and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’”

[9:25]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Hos 2:23.

[9:29]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:29]  ¹⁷ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts”; Grk “Lord Sabaoth,” which means “Lord of the [heavenly] armies,” sometimes translated more generally as “Lord Almighty.”

[9:29]  ¹⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 1:9.

[11:3]  ¹⁹ sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14.

[12:19]  ²² tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

[12:19]  ²³ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

[14:11]  ²⁵ sn A quotation from Isa 45:23.

[15:24]  ²⁸ tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.