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 4:19

4:19 Without being weak in faith, he considered ²  his own body as dead ³  (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Roma 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ⁴  in the hope of God’s glory.

Roma 5:5

5:5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God ⁵  has been poured out ⁶  in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Roma 7:9

7:9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Roma 8:38

8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, ⁷  nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Roma 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, ⁸ 

Roma 11:14

11:14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

Roma 12:16

12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ⁹  Do not be conceited. ¹⁰ 

Roma 12:20

12:20 Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head. ¹¹ 

Roma 13:12

13:12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

Roma 14:2

14:2 One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

Roma 14:5

14:5 One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. ¹²  Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

Roma 14:14

14:14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

Roma 15:1

Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak

15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. ¹³ 

Roma 15:14

Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter

15:14 But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, ¹⁴  that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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

[4:19]  ² tc Most mss (D F G Ψ 33 1881 Ï it) read “he did not consider” by including the negative particle (οὐ, ou), but others (א A B C 6 81 365 1506 1739 pc co) lack οὐ. The reading which includes the negative particle probably represents a scribal attempt to exalt the faith of Abraham by making it appear that his faith was so strong that he did not even consider the physical facts. But “here Paul does not wish to imply that faith means closing one’s eyes to reality, but that Abraham was so strong in faith as to be undaunted by every consideration” (TCGNT 451). Both on external and internal grounds, the reading without the negative particle is preferred.

[4:19]  ³ tc ‡ Most witnesses (א A C D Ψ 33 Ï bo) have ἤδη (hdh, “already”) at this point in v. 19. But B F G 630 1739 1881 pc lat sa lack it. Since it appears to heighten the style of the narrative and since there is no easy accounting for an accidental omission, it is best to regard the shorter text as original. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[5:2]  ⁴ tn Or “exult, boast.”

[5:5]  ⁵ tn The phrase ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ (Jh agaph tou qeou, “the love of God”) could be interpreted as either an objective genitive (“our love for God”), subjective genitive (“God’s love for us”), or both (M. Zerwick’s “general” genitive [Biblical Greek, §§36-39]; D. B. Wallace’s “plenary” genitive [ExSyn 119-21]). The immediate context, which discusses what God has done for believers, favors a subjective genitive, but the fact that this love is poured out within the hearts of believers implies that it may be the source for believers’ love for God; consequently an objective genitive cannot be ruled out. It is possible that both these ideas are meant in the text and that this is a plenary genitive: “The love that comes from God and that produces our love for God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (ExSyn 121).

[5:5]  ⁶ sn On the OT background of the Spirit being poured out, see Isa 32:15; Joel 2:28-29.

[8:38]  ⁷ tn BDAG 138 s.v. ἀρχή 6 takes this term as a reference to angelic or transcendent powers (as opposed to merely human rulers). To clarify this, the adjective “heavenly” has been supplied in the translation. Some interpreters see this as a reference to fallen angels or demonic powers, and this view is reflected in some recent translations (NIV, NLT).

[9:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “For not all those who are from Israel are Israel.”

[12:16]  ⁹ tn Or “but give yourselves to menial tasks.” The translation depends on whether one takes the adjective “lowly” as masculine or neuter.

[12:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Do not be wise in your thinking.”

[12:20]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.

[14:5]  ¹² tn Grk “For one judges day from day, and one judges all days.”

[15:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one as the other.”

[15:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.