Roma 11:4

11:4 But what was the divine response ¹  to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand people ²  who have not bent the knee to Baal.” ³ 

Roma 15:18

15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience ⁴  of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

Roma 15:23

15:23 But now there is nothing more to keep me ⁵  in these regions, and I have for many years desired ⁶  to come to you

[11:4]  ¹ tn Grk “the revelation,” “the oracle.”

[11:4]  ² tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, it appears to be a generic usage (“people”) since when Paul speaks of a remnant of faithful Israelites (“the elect,” v. 7), he is not referring to males only. It can also be argued, however, that it refers only to adult males here (“men”), perhaps as representative of all the faithful left in Israel.

[11:4]  ³ sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:18.

[15:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “unto obedience.”

[15:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “now no longer having a place…I have.”

[15:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “but having a desire…for many years.”