Romans 1:17

1:17 For the righteousness ¹  of God is revealed in the gospel ²  from faith to faith, ³  just as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.” ⁴ 

Romans 1:23

1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings ⁵  or birds or four-footed animals ⁶  or reptiles.

Romans 4:5

4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, ⁷  his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:24

4:24 but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Romans 5:19

5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man ⁸  many ⁹  were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man ¹⁰  many ¹¹  will be made righteous.

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¹ tn The nature of the “righteousness” described here and the force of the genitive θεοῦ (“of God”) which follows have been much debated. (1) Some (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:98) understand “righteousness” to refer to the righteous status given to believers as a result of God’s justifying activity, and see the genitive “of God” as a genitive of source (= “from God”). (2) Others see the “righteousness” as God’s act or declaration that makes righteous (i.e., justifies) those who turn to him in faith, taking the genitive “of God” as a subjective genitive (see E. Käsemann, Romans, 25-30). (3) Still others see the “righteousness of God” mentioned here as the attribute of God himself, understanding the genitive “of God” as a possessive genitive (“God’s righteousness”).

² tn Grk “in it”; the referent (the gospel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Or “by faith for faith,” or “by faith to faith.” There are many interpretations of the phrase ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν (ek pistew" ei" pistin). It may have the idea that this righteousness is obtained by faith (ἐκ πίστεως) because it was designed for faith (εἰς πίστιν). For a summary see J. Murray, Romans (NICNT), 1:363-74.

⁴ sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

⁵ tn Grk “exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God in likeness of an image of corruptible man.” Here there is a wordplay on the Greek terms ἄφθαρτος (afqarto", “immortal, imperishable, incorruptible”) and φθαρτός (fqarto", “mortal, corruptible, subject to decay”).

⁶ sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 106:19-20.

⁷ tn Or “who justifies the ungodly.”

⁸ sn Here the one man refers to Adam (cf. 5:14).

⁹ tn Grk “the many.”

¹⁰ sn One man refers here to Jesus Christ.

¹¹ tn Grk “the many.”