Romans 1:8

Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome

1:8 First of all, ¹  I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Romans 1:10

1:10 and I always ask ²  in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God. ³ 

Romans 3:7

3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances ⁴  his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

Romans 7:18

7:18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. ⁵ 

Romans 9:26

9:26 “And in the very place ⁶  where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” ⁷ 

Romans 11:3

11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!” ⁸ 

Romans 15:31

15:31 Pray ⁹  that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

Romans 16:4-5

16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. 16:5 Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, ¹⁰  who was the first convert ¹¹  to Christ in the province of Asia. ¹² 

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¹ tn Grk “First.” Paul never mentions a second point, so J. B. Phillips translated “I must begin by telling you….”

² tn Grk “remember you, always asking.”

³ tn Grk “succeed in coming to you in the will of God.”

⁴ tn Grk “abounded unto.”

⁵ tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

⁶ tn Grk “And it will be in the very place.”

⁷ sn A quotation from Hos 1:10.

⁸ sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14.

⁹ tn Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.

¹⁰ sn The spelling Epenetus is also used by NIV, NLT; the name is alternately spelled Epaenetus (NASB, NKJV, NRSV).

¹¹ tn Grk “first fruit.” This is a figurative use referring to Epenetus as the first Christian convert in the region.

¹² tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.