Discovery BoxRomans 1:11 
Context1:11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift 1 to strengthen you,
Romans 1:29
Context1:29 They are filled 2 with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with 3 envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
Romans 9:6
Context9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, 4
Romans 15:5
Context15:5 Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another 5 in accordance with Christ Jesus,
Romans 15:31
Context15:31 Pray 6 that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
1 sn Paul does not mean here that he is going to bestow upon the Roman believers what is commonly known as a “spiritual gift,” that is, a special enabling for service given to believers by the Holy Spirit. Instead, this is either a metonymy of cause for effect (Paul will use his own spiritual gifts to edify the Romans), or it simply means something akin to a blessing or benefit in the spiritual realm. It is possible that Paul uses this phrase to connote specifically the broader purpose of his letter, which is for the Romans to understand his gospel, but this seems less likely.
2 tn Grk “being filled” or “having been filled,” referring to those described in v. 28. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 tn Grk “malice, full of,” continuing the description. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
4 tn Grk “For not all those who are from Israel are Israel.”
5 tn Grk “grant you to think the same among one another.”
6 tn Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.
