Roma 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ¹  has discovered regarding this matter? ² 

Roma 4:21

4:21 He was ³  fully convinced that what God ⁴  promised he was also able to do.

Roma 4:23

4:23 But the statement it was credited to him ⁵  was not written only for Abraham’s ⁶  sake,

Roma 8:19

8:19 For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

Roma 8:33

8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? ⁷  It is God who justifies.

Roma 11:5

11:5 So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

Roma 11:19

11:19 Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Roma 11:32

11:32 For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all. ⁸ 

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

[4:1]  ² tn Grk “has found?”

[4:21]  ³ tn Grk “and being.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:23]  ⁵ tn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[4:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “his”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:33]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here).

[11:32]  ⁸ tn Grk “to all”; “them” has been supplied for stylistic reasons.