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 8:2

8:2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit ³  in Christ Jesus has set you ⁴  free from the law of sin and death.

Roma 8:21

8:21 that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

Roma 8:25

8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. ⁵ 

Roma 8:33

8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? ⁶  It is God who justifies.

Roma 8:37

8:37 No, in all these things we have complete victory ⁷  through him ⁸  who loved us!

Roma 9:24

9:24 even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

Roma 10:2

10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, ⁹  but their zeal is not in line with the truth. ¹⁰ 

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

[4:1]  ² tn Grk “has found?”

[8:2]  ³ tn Grk “for the law of the Spirit of life.”

[8:2]  ⁴ tc Most mss read the first person singular pronoun με (me) here (A D 1739^c 1881 Ï lat sa). The second person singular pronoun σε (se) is superior because of external support (א B {F which reads σαι} G 1506* 1739*) and internal support (it is the harder reading since ch. 7 was narrated in the first person). At the same time, it could have arisen via dittography from the final syllable of the verb preceding it (ἠλευθέρωσεν, hleuqerwsen; “has set free”). But for this to happen in such early and diverse witnesses is unlikely, especially as it depends on various scribes repeatedly overlooking either the nu or the nu-bar at the end of the verb.

[8:25]  ⁵ tn Or “perseverance.”

[8:33]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here).

[8:37]  ⁷ tn BDAG 1034 s.v. ὑπερνικάω states, “as a heightened form of νικᾶν prevail completely ὑπερνικῶμεν we are winning a most glorious victory Ro 8:37.”

[8:37]  ⁸ tn Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love that is mentioned.

[10:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “they have a zeal for God.”

[10:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “in accord with knowledge.”

[10:2]  sn Their zeal is not in line with the truth means that the Jews’ passion for God was strong, but it ignored the true righteousness of God (v. 3; cf. also 3:21).