For I am confident that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things about to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Some ancient manuscripts insert from v. 4 the expression who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit
3 Greek likeness of flesh of sin
3 The expression as an offering is contextually supplied to enhance clarity
5 Greek who are according to the flesh
6 Greek mind of the flesh
6 Greek mind of the Spirit
7 The verb phrase pro-form/infinitive of indirect discourse to do so is supplied to the text on a contextual basis for the purpose of clarification
11 Some ancient manuscripts read Christ Jesus , while others, in a transposed order, read Jesus Christ
18 Or in
23 Greek firstfruit
27 Or examines
27 Greek according to God
28 Some ancient manuscripts read And we know that in all things God works together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose
34 Some ancient manuscripts omit Jesus
34 Some ancient manuscripts expand the text to read raised from the dead
35 Or what
35 Some ancient manuscripts replace Christ with God , while one Greek manuscript reads God in Christ Jesus
36 Quoted from Ps. 44:22