Roma 2:24

2:24 For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” ¹ 

Roma 3:13

3:13 “Their throats are open graves, ² 

they deceive with their tongues,

the poison of asps is under their lips.” ³ 

Roma 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ⁴  has discovered regarding this matter? ⁵ 

Roma 4:3

4:3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited ⁶  to him as righteousness.” ⁷ 

Roma 8:31

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

Roma 15:11

15:11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.” ⁸ 

[2:24]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 52:5.

[3:13]  ² tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”

[3:13]  ³ sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.

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

[4:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “has found?”

[4:3]  ⁶ tn The term λογίζομαι (logizomai) occurs 11 times in this chapter (vv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24). In secular usage it could (a) refer to deliberations of some sort, or (b) in commercial dealings (as virtually a technical term) to “reckoning” or “charging up a debt.” See H. W. Heidland, TDNT 4:284, 290-92.

[4:3]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[15:11]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 117:1.