Romans 1:25

1:25 They ¹  exchanged the truth of God for a lie ²  and worshiped and served the creation ³  rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Romans 1:28

1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ⁴  God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. ⁵ 

Romans 2:15

2:15 They ⁶  show that the work of the law is written ⁷  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ⁸  them, ⁹ 

Romans 9:26

9:26 “And in the very place ¹⁰  where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” ¹¹ 

Romans 10:3

10:3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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¹ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “the lie.”

³ tn Or “creature, created things.”

⁴ tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”

⁵ tn Grk “the things that are improper.”

⁶ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁷ tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

⁸ tn Or “excuse.”

⁹ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “And it will be in the very place.”

¹¹ sn A quotation from Hos 1:10.