Romans 3:7

3:7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances ¹  his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

Romans 7:15

7:15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate. ² 

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 11:1

Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final

11:1 So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

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!” ⁴ 

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.

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¹ tn Grk “abounded unto.”

² tn Grk “but what I hate, this I do.”

³ tn 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).

⁴ sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14.