Romans 1:20
Context1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people 1 are without excuse.
Romans 3:25
Context3:25 God publicly displayed 2 him 3 at his death 4 as the mercy seat 5 accessible through faith. 6 This was to demonstrate 7 his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. 8
Romans 5:10
Context5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?
Romans 7:4
Context7:4 So, my brothers and sisters, 9 you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God. 10
Romans 7:25
Context7:25 Thanks be 11 to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, 12 I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but 13 with my flesh I serve 14 the law of sin.
Romans 8:3
Context8:3 For God achieved what the law could not do because 15 it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 8:11
Context8:11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one 16 who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ 17 from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you. 18
Romans 15:18
Context15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience 19 of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
Romans 15:24
Context15:24 when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me 20 on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
Romans 16:26
Context16:26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith –
1 tn Grk “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “purposed, intended.”
3 tn Grk “whom God publicly displayed.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
4 tn Grk “in his blood.” The prepositional phrase ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι (ejn tw aujtou {aimati) is difficult to interpret. It is traditionally understood to refer to the atoning sacrifice Jesus made when he shed his blood on the cross, and as a modifier of ἱλαστήριον (Jilasthrion). This interpretation fits if ἱλαστήριον is taken to refer to a sacrifice. But if ἱλαστήριον is taken to refer to the place where atonement is made as this translation has done (see note on the phrase “mercy seat”), this interpretation of ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι creates a violent mixed metaphor. Within a few words Paul would switch from referring to Jesus as the place where atonement was made to referring to Jesus as the atoning sacrifice itself. A viable option which resolves this problem is to see ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι as modifying the verb προέθετο (proeqeto). If it modifies the verb, it would explain the time or place in which God publicly displayed Jesus as the mercy seat; the reference to blood would be a metaphorical way of speaking of Jesus’ death. This is supported by the placement of ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι in the Greek text (it follows the noun, separated from it by another prepositional phrase) and by stylistic parallels with Rom 1:4. This is the interpretation the translation has followed, although it is recognized that many interpreters favor different options and translations. The prepositional phrase has been moved forward in the sentence to emphasize its connection with the verb, and the referent of the metaphorical language has been specified in the translation. For a detailed discussion of this interpretation, see D. P. Bailey, “Jesus As the Mercy Seat: The Semantics and Theology of Paul’s Use of Hilasterion in Romans 3:25” (Ph.D. diss., University of Cambridge, 1999).
5 tn The word ἱλαστήριον (Jilasthrion) may carry the general sense “place of satisfaction,” referring to the place where God’s wrath toward sin is satisfied. More likely, though, it refers specifically to the “mercy seat,” i.e., the covering of the ark where the blood was sprinkled in the OT ritual on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). This term is used only one other time in the NT: Heb 9:5, where it is rendered “mercy seat.” There it describes the altar in the most holy place (holy of holies). Thus Paul is saying that God displayed Jesus as the “mercy seat,” the place where propitiation was accomplished. See N. S. L. Fryer, “The Meaning and Translation of Hilasterion in Romans 3:25,” EvQ 59 (1987): 99-116, who concludes the term is a neuter accusative substantive best translated “mercy seat” or “propitiatory covering,” and D. P. Bailey, “Jesus As the Mercy Seat: The Semantics and Theology of Paul’s Use of Hilasterion in Romans 3:25” (Ph.D. diss., University of Cambridge, 1999), who argues that this is a direct reference to the mercy seat which covered the ark of the covenant.
6 tn The prepositional phrase διὰ πίστεως (dia pistew") here modifies the noun ἱλαστήριον (Jilasthrion). As such it forms a complete noun phrase and could be written as “mercy-seat-accessible-through-faith” to emphasize the singular idea. See Rom 1:4 for a similar construction. The word “accessible” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied to clarify the idea expressed by the prepositional phrase (cf. NRSV: “effective through faith”).
7 tn Grk “for a demonstration,” giving the purpose of God’s action in v. 25a. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
8 tn Grk “because of the passing over of sins previously committed in the forbearance of God.”
9 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
10 tn Grk “that we might bear fruit to God.”
11 tc ‡ Most
12 tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.
13 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
14 tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.
15 tn Grk “in that.”
16 sn The one who raised Jesus from the dead refers to God (also in the following clause).
17 tc Several
18 tc Most
19 tn Grk “unto obedience.”
20 tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.