Roma 1:5

1:5 Through him ¹  we have received grace and our apostleship ²  to bring about the obedience ³  of faith ⁴  among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

Roma 1:14

1:14 I am a debtor ⁵  both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Roma 1:16

The Power of the Gospel

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. ⁶ 

Roma 2:16

2:16 on the day when God will judge ⁷  the secrets of human hearts, ⁸  according to my gospel ⁹  through Christ Jesus.

Roma 8:38

8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, ¹⁰  nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Roma 9:20

9:20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being ¹¹  – to talk back to God? ¹²  Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 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.

Roma 16:17

16:17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, ¹⁵  to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

Roma 16:23

16:23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer and our brother Quartus greet you.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Grk “through whom.”

[1:5]  ² tn Some interpreters understand the phrase “grace and apostleship” as a hendiadys, translating “grace [i.e., gift] of apostleship.” The pronoun “our” is supplied in the translation to clarify the sense of the statement.

[1:5]  ³ tn Grk “and apostleship for obedience.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn The phrase ὑπακοὴν πίστεως has been variously understood as (1) an objective genitive (a reference to the Christian faith, “obedience to [the] faith”); (2) a subjective genitive (“the obedience faith produces [or requires]”); (3) an attributive genitive (“believing obedience”); or (4) as a genitive of apposition (“obedience, [namely] faith”) in which “faith” further defines “obedience.” These options are discussed by C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans (ICC), 1:66. Others take the phrase as deliberately ambiguous; see D. B. Garlington, “The Obedience of Faith in the Letter to the Romans: Part I: The Meaning of ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (Rom 1:5; 16:26),” WTJ 52 (1990): 201-24.

[1:14]  ⁵ tn Or “obligated.”

[1:16]  ⁶ sn Here the Greek refers to anyone who is not Jewish.

[2:16]  ⁷ tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

[2:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “of people.”

[2:16]  ⁹ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.

[8:38]  ¹⁰ 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).

[9:20]  ¹¹ tn Grk “O man.”

[9:20]  ¹² tn Grk “On the contrary, O man, who are you to talk back to God?”

[9:20]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9.

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

[16:17]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.