Discovery BoxRomans 1:16 
Context1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 1
Romans 1:32
Context1:32 Although they fully know 2 God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, 3 they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. 4
Romans 2:5
Context2:5 But because of your stubbornness 5 and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed! 6
Romans 9:11
Context9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election 7 would stand, not by works but by 8 his calling) 9 –
Romans 11:22
Context11:22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but 10 God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; 11 otherwise you also will be cut off.
Romans 13:1
Context13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, 12 and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
1 sn Here the Greek refers to anyone who is not Jewish.
2 tn Grk “who, knowing…, not only do them but also approve…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 tn Grk “are worthy of death.”
4 sn “Vice lists” like vv. 28-32 can be found elsewhere in the NT in Matt 15:19; Gal 5:19-21; 1 Tim 1:9-10; and 1 Pet 4:3. An example from the intertestamental period can be found in Wis 14:25-26.
5 tn Grk “hardness.” Concerning this imagery, see Jer 4:4; Ezek 3:7; 1 En. 16:3.
6 tn Grk “in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”
7 tn Grk “God’s purpose according to election.”
8 tn Or “not based on works but based on…”
9 tn Grk “by the one who calls.”
sn The entire clause is something of a parenthetical remark.
10 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
11 tn Grk “if you continue in (the) kindness.”
12 tn Grk “by God.”
