Romans 9:28

9:28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly.” ¹ 

Romans 14:12

14:12 Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God. ² 

Romans 9:6

9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, ³ 

Romans 9:9

9:9 For this is what the promise declared: ⁴  “About a year from now ⁵  I will return and Sarah will have a son.” ⁶ 

Romans 15:18

15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience ⁷  of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

Romans 3:4

3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being ⁸  shown up as a liar, ⁹  just as it is written: “so that you will be justified ¹⁰  in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” ¹¹ 

Romans 13:9

13:9 For the commandments, ¹²  “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” ¹³  (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁴ 

[9:28]  ¹ tc In light of the interpretive difficulty of this verse, a longer reading seems to have been added to clarify the meaning. The addition, in the middle of the sentence, makes the whole verse read as follows: “For he will execute his sentence completely and quickly in righteousness, because the Lord will do it quickly on the earth.” The shorter reading is found largely in Alexandrian mss (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B 6 1506 1739 1881 pc co), while the longer reading is found principally in Western and Byzantine mss (א² D F G Ψ 33 Ï lat). The longer reading follows Isa 10:22-23 (LXX) verbatim, while Paul in the previous verse quoted the LXX loosely. This suggests the addition was made by a copyist trying to make sense out of a difficult passage rather than by the author himself.

[14:12]  ² tc ‡ The words “to God” are absent from some mss (B F G 6 630 1739 1881 pc) but are found in א A C D Ψ 0209 33 Ï lat sy co. External evidence somewhat favors their inclusion since Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine mss are well represented. From an internal standpoint, however, it is easy to see the words as a scribal gloss intended to clarify the referent, especially as a reinforcement to the quotation of Isa 45:23 in v. 11. Not only that, but the abrupt ending of the verse without “to God” is harsh, both in Greek and in English. In this instance, the internal considerations seem overwhelming on the side of the omission. At the same time, English stylistic needs require the words and they have been put into the translation, even though they are most likely not original. NA²⁷ places the words in brackets, indicating doubt as to their authenticity.

[9:6]  ³ tn Grk “For not all those who are from Israel are Israel.”

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “For this is the word of promise.”

[9:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “About this time I will return.” Since this refers to the time when the promised child would be born, it would be approximately a year later.

[9:9]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14.

[15:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “unto obedience.”

[3:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “every man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to stress humanity rather than masculinity.

[3:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “Let God be true, and every man a liar.” The words “proven” and “shown up” are supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.

[3:4]  ⁸ tn Grk “might be justified,” a subjunctive verb, but in this type of clause it carries the same sense as the future indicative verb in the latter part. “Will” is more idiomatic in contemporary English.

[3:4]  ⁹ tn Or “prevail when you judge.” A quotation from Ps 51:4.

[13:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “For the…” (with the word “commandments” supplied for clarity). The Greek article (“the”) is used here as a substantiver to introduce the commands that are quoted from the second half of the Decalogue (ExSyn 238).

[13:9]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Exod 20:13-15, 17; Deut 5:17-19, 21.

[13:9]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.