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 9:8

9:8 This means ⁶  it is not the children of the flesh ⁷  who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

Romans 9:29

9:29 Just ⁸  as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of armies ⁹  had not left us descendants,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” ¹⁰ 

[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.

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “That is,” or “That is to say.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Because it forms the counterpoint to “the children of promise” the expression “children of the flesh” has been retained in the translation.

[9:29]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:29]  ¹² tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts”; Grk “Lord Sabaoth,” which means “Lord of the [heavenly] armies,” sometimes translated more generally as “Lord Almighty.”

[9:29]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Isa 1:9.