Romans 4:18

4:18 Against hope Abraham ¹  believed ²  in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations ³  according to the pronouncement, ⁴  “so will your descendants be.” ⁵ 

Romans 5:16

5:16 And the gift is not like the one who sinned. ⁶  For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, ⁷  led to condemnation, but ⁸  the gracious gift from the many failures ⁹  led to justification.

[4:18]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:18]  ² tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:18]  ³ sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.

[4:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”

[4:18]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “and not as through the one who sinned [is] the gift.”

[5:16]  ⁷ tn The word “transgression” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

[5:16]  ⁸ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[5:16]  ⁹ tn Or “falls, trespasses,” the same word used in vv. 15, 17, 18, 20.