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 3:7

3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances² his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

Romans 8:38

8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers,³ nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 9:9

9:9 For this is what the promise declared:⁴ “About a year from now⁵ I will return and Sarah will have a son.”⁶

Romans 11:3-4

11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!”⁷ 11:4 But what was the divine response⁸ to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand people⁹ who have not bent the knee to Baal.”¹⁰

Romans 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath,¹¹ for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”¹² says the Lord.

Romans 14:11

14:11 For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”¹³

Romans 14:14

14:14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

Romans 15:8

15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised¹⁴ on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,¹⁵

Romans 15:15

15:15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

Romans 15:20

15:20 And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

Romans 15:23

15:23 But now there is nothing more to keep me¹⁶ in these regions, and I have for many years desired¹⁷ to come to you

Romans 15:31

15:31 Pray¹⁸ 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

16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Romans 16:17

16:17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters,¹⁹ to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

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

²tn Grk “abounded unto.”

³tn BDAG 138 s.v. ἀρχή 6 takes this term as a reference to angelic or transcendent powers (as opposed to merely human rulers). To clarify this, the adjective “heavenly” has been supplied in the translation. Some interpreters see this as a reference to fallen angels or demonic powers, and this view is reflected in some recent translations (NIV, NLT).

⁴tn Grk “For this is the word of promise.”

⁵tn Grk “About this time I will return.” Since this refers to the time when the promised child would be born, it would be approximately a year later.

⁶sn A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14.

⁷sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14.

⁸tn Grk “the revelation,” “the oracle.”

⁹tn 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.

¹⁰sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:18.

¹¹tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

¹²sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

¹³sn A quotation from Isa 45:23.

¹⁴tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.

¹⁵tn Or “to the patriarchs.”

¹⁶tn Grk “now no longer having a place…I have.”

¹⁷tn Grk “but having a desire…for many years.”

¹⁸tn Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.

¹⁹tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.