Roma 1:11

1:11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift ¹  to strengthen you,

Roma 3:30

3:30 Since God is one, ²  he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Roma 5:13

5:13 for before the law was given, ³  sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin ⁴  when there is no law.

Roma 8:7

8:7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Roma 8:20

8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God ⁵  who subjected it – in hope

Roma 8:27

8:27 And he ⁶  who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit ⁷  intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

Roma 11:33

11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

Roma 14:5

14:5 One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. ⁸  Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

Roma 15:26

15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

Roma 16:26

16:26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith –

[1:11]  ¹ sn Paul does not mean here that he is going to bestow upon the Roman believers what is commonly known as a “spiritual gift,” that is, a special enabling for service given to believers by the Holy Spirit. Instead, this is either a metonymy of cause for effect (Paul will use his own spiritual gifts to edify the Romans), or it simply means something akin to a blessing or benefit in the spiritual realm. It is possible that Paul uses this phrase to connote specifically the broader purpose of his letter, which is for the Romans to understand his gospel, but this seems less likely.

[3:30]  ² tn Grk “but if indeed God is one.”

[5:13]  ³ tn Grk “for before the law.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Or “sin is not reckoned.”

[8:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “because of the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27]  ⁶ sn He refers to God here; Paul has not specifically identified him for the sake of rhetorical power (for by leaving the subject slightly ambiguous, he draws his audience into seeing God’s hand in places where he is not explicitly mentioned).

[8:27]  ⁷ tn Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “For one judges day from day, and one judges all days.”