Roma 1:8

Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome

1:8 First of all, ¹  I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Roma 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ²  has discovered regarding this matter? ³ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “First.” Paul never mentions a second point, so J. B. Phillips translated “I must begin by telling you….”

[4:1]  ² tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

[4:1]  ³ tn Grk “has found?”