Roma 3:13

3:13 “Their throats are open graves, ¹ 

they deceive with their tongues,

the poison of asps is under their lips.” ² 

Roma 15:13

15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, ³  so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

[3:13]  ¹ tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”

[3:13]  ² sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.

[15:13]  ³ tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).