Roma 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

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

Roma 8:31

8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Roma 9:16

9:16 So then, ³  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ⁴  but on God who shows mercy.

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

[4:1]  ² tn Grk “has found?”

[9:16]  ³ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”