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 9:26

9:26 “And in the very place ⁶  where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” ⁷ 

Romans 15:12

15:12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” ⁸ 

[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.

[9:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “And it will be in the very place.”

[9:26]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Hos 1:10.

[15:12]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Isa 11:10.