Romans 8:35

8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ¹ 

Romans 8:39

8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 9:20

9:20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being ²  – to talk back to God? ³  Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” ⁴ 

Romans 10:6

10:6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ⁵  ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” ⁶  (that is, to bring Christ down)

[8:35]  ¹ tn Here “sword” is a metonymy that includes both threats of violence and acts of violence, even including death (although death is not necessarily the only thing in view here).

[9:20]  ² tn Grk “O man.”

[9:20]  ³ tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”

[9:20]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.

[10:6]  ³ sn A quotation from Deut 9:4.

[10:6]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 30:12.