Romans 2:18

2:18 and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

Romans 4:14

4:14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

Romans 6:15

The Believer’s Enslavement to God’s Righteousness

6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

Romans 7:12

7:12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:22

7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Romans 9:31

9:31 but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

Romans 13:10

13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.


tn Grk “the will.”

tn Grk “because of being instructed out of the law.”

tn Grk “rendered inoperative.”

tn Or “who pursued.” The participle could be taken adverbially or adjectivally.

tn Or “a legal righteousness,” that is, a righteousness based on law. This translation would treat the genitive δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosunh") as an attributed genitive (see ExSyn 89-91).

tn Grk “has not attained unto the law.”