Romans 1:26

1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,¹

Romans 1:28

1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God,² God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.³

Romans 2:3

2:3 And do you think,⁴ whoever you are, when you judge⁵ those who practice such things and yet do them yourself,⁶ that you will escape God’s judgment?

Romans 2:15

2:15 They⁷ show that the work of the law is written⁸ in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend⁹ them,¹⁰

Romans 9:4

9:4 who are Israelites. To them belong¹¹ the adoption as sons,¹² the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship,¹³ and the promises.

Romans 9:26

9:26 “And in the very place¹⁴ where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”¹⁵

Romans 10:5

10:5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”¹⁶

Romans 11:8

11:8 as it is written,

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,

to this very day.”¹⁷

Romans 11:23

11:23 And even they – if they do not continue in their unbelief – will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Romans 14:5

14:5 One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike.¹⁸ Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

Romans 15:28

15:28 Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them,¹⁹ I will set out for Spain by way of you,

Romans 16:4

16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Romans 16:17

16:17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters,²⁰ to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

¹tn Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις (crhsi") has the force of “sexual relations” here (L&N 23.65).

²tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”

³tn Grk “the things that are improper.”

⁴tn Grk “do you think this,” referring to the clause in v. 3b.

⁵tn Grk “O man, the one who judges.”

⁶tn Grk “and do them.” The other words are supplied to bring out the contrast implied in this clause.

⁷tn 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.

⁸tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

⁹tn Or “excuse.”

¹⁰tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

¹¹tn Grk “of whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹²tn The Greek term υἱοθεσία (Juioqesia) was originally a legal technical term for adoption as a son with full rights of inheritance. BDAG 1024 s.v. notes, “a legal t.t. of ‘adoption’ of children, in our lit., i.e. in Paul, only in a transferred sense of a transcendent filial relationship between God and humans (with the legal aspect, not gender specificity, as major semantic component).” Although some modern translations remove the filial sense completely and render the term merely “adoption” (cf. NAB, ESV), the retention of this component of meaning was accomplished in the present translation by the phrase “as sons.”

¹³tn Or “cultic service.”

¹⁴tn Grk “And it will be in the very place.”

¹⁵sn A quotation from Hos 1:10.

¹⁶sn A quotation from Lev 18:5.

¹⁷sn A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10.

¹⁸tn Grk “For one judges day from day, and one judges all days.”

¹⁹tn Grk “have sealed this fruit to them.”

²⁰tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.