Romans 1:19

1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, ¹  because God has made it plain to them.

Romans 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ²  has discovered regarding this matter? ³ 

Romans 9:18-19

9:18 So then, ⁴  God ⁵  has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. ⁶ 

9:19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

Romans 10:16

10:16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” ⁷ 

Romans 11:32

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

Romans 13:8

Exhortation to Love Neighbors

13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 16:12

16:12 Greet Tryphena ⁹  and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet my dear friend ¹⁰  Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

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¹ tn Grk “is manifest to/in them.”

² tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

³ tn Grk “has found?”

⁴ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.”

⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.

⁸ tn Grk “to all”; “them” has been supplied for stylistic reasons.

⁹ sn The spelling Tryphena is also used by NIV, NKJV, NLT; the name is alternately spelled Tryphaena (NASB, NRSV).

¹⁰ tn Grk “Greet the beloved.”