Roma 1:7

1:7 To all those loved by God in Rome, ¹  called to be saints: ²  Grace and peace to you ³  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Roma 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, ⁴  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ⁵  says the Lord.

[1:7]  ¹ map For location see JP4 A1.

[1:7]  ² tn Although the first part of v. 7 is not a complete English sentence, it maintains the “From…to” pattern used in all the Pauline letters to indicate the sender and the recipients. Here, however, there are several intervening verses (vv. 2-6), which makes the first half of v. 7 appear as an isolated sentence fragment.

[1:7]  ³ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

[12:19]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.