Romans 1:27

1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women ¹  and were inflamed in their passions ²  for one another. Men ³  committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 2:29

2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ⁴  by the Spirit ⁵  and not by the written code. ⁶  This person’s ⁷  praise is not from people but from God.

Romans 3:26

3:26 This was ⁸  also to demonstrate ⁹  his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just ¹⁰  and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness. ¹¹ 

Romans 5:14

5:14 Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type ¹²  of the coming one) transgressed. ¹³ 

Romans 6:16

6:16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves ¹⁴  as obedient slaves, ¹⁵  you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness? ¹⁶ 

Romans 7:4

7:4 So, my brothers and sisters, ¹⁷  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. ¹⁸ 

Romans 9:33

9:33 just as it is written,

“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble

and a rock that will make them fall, ¹⁹ 

yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ²⁰ 

Romans 15:14

Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter

15:14 But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, ²¹  that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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¹ tn Grk “likewise so also the males abandoning the natural function of the female.”

² tn Grk “burned with intense desire” (L&N 25.16).

³ tn Grk “another, men committing…and receiving,” continuing the description of their deeds. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁴ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

⁵ tn Some have taken the phrase ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati, “by/in [the] S/spirit”) not as a reference to the Holy Spirit, but referring to circumcision as “spiritual and not literal” (RSV).

⁶ tn Grk “letter.”

⁷ tn Grk “whose.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁸ tn The words “This was” have been repeated from the previous verse to clarify that this is a continuation of that thought. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁹ tn Grk “toward a demonstration,” repeating and expanding the purpose of God’s action in v. 25a.

¹⁰ tn Or “righteous.”

¹¹ tn Or “of the one who has faith in Jesus.” See note on “faithfulness of Jesus Christ” in v. 22 for the rationale behind the translation “Jesus’ faithfulness.”

¹² tn Or “pattern.”

¹³ tn Or “disobeyed”; Grk “in the likeness of Adam’s transgression.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “to whom you present yourselves.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “as slaves for obedience.” See the note on the word “slave” in 1:1.

¹⁶ tn Grk “either of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness.”

¹⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

¹⁸ tn Grk “that we might bear fruit to God.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

²⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16; 8:14.

²¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.