Romans 2:28
2:28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
Romans 7:5
7:5 For when we were in the flesh, 1 the sinful desires, 2 aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body 3 to bear fruit for death.
Romans 7:18
7:18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. 4
Romans 8:4
8:4 so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:7
8:7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
Romans 8:13
8:13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will 5 die), 6 but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
Romans 9:8
9:8 This means 7 it is not the children of the flesh 8 who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.
1 tn That is, before we were in Christ.
2 tn Or “sinful passions.”
3 tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.
4 tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”
5 tn Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”
6 sn This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.
7 tn Grk “That is,” or “That is to say.”
8 tn Because it forms the counterpoint to “the children of promise” the expression “children of the flesh” has been retained in the translation.
sn The expression the children of the flesh refers to the natural offspring.