Roma 1:3

1:3 concerning his Son who was a descendant ¹  of David with reference to the flesh, ² 

Roma 3:2

3:2 Actually, there are many advantages. ³  First of all, ⁴  the Jews ⁵  were entrusted with the oracles of God. ⁶ 

Roma 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ⁷  has discovered regarding this matter? ⁸ 

Roma 5:6

5:6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Roma 7:22

7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Roma 8:12

8:12 So then, ⁹  brothers and sisters, ¹⁰  we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

Roma 8:33

8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? ¹¹  It is God who justifies.

Roma 11:21

11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

[1:3]  ¹ tn Grk “born of the seed” (an idiom).

[1:3]  ² tn Grk “according to the flesh,” indicating Jesus’ earthly life, a reference to its weakness. This phrase implies that Jesus was more than human; otherwise it would have been sufficient to say that he was a descendant of David, cf. L. Morris, Romans, 44.

[3:2]  ³ tn Grk “much in every way.”

[3:2]  ⁴ tc ‡ Most witnesses (א A D² 33 Ï) have γάρ (gar) after μέν (men), though some significant Alexandrian and Western witnesses lack the conjunction (B D* G Ψ 81 365 1506 2464* pc latt). A few mss have γάρ, but not μέν (6 1739 1881). γάρ was frequently added by scribes as a clarifying conjunction, making it suspect here. NA²⁷ has the γάρ in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[3:2]  tn Grk “first indeed that.”

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “they were.”

[3:2]  ⁶ tn The referent of λόγια (logia, “oracles”) has been variously understood: (1) BDAG 598 s.v. λόγιον takes the term to refer here to “God’s promises to the Jews”; (2) some have taken this to refer more narrowly to the national promises of messianic salvation given to Israel (so S. L. Johnson, Jr., “Studies in Romans: Part VII: The Jews and the Oracles of God,” BSac 130 [1973]: 245); (3) perhaps the most widespread interpretation sees the term as referring to the entire OT generally.

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

[4:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “has found?”

[8:12]  ⁹ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[8:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[8:33]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here).