Romans 2:29

2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹  by the Spirit ²  and not by the written code. ³  This person’s ⁴  praise is not from people but from God.

Romans 3:4

3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being ⁵  shown up as a liar, ⁶  just as it is written: “so that you will be justified ⁷  in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” ⁸ 

Romans 7:6

7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died ⁹  to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. ¹⁰ 

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, ¹¹ 

yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹² 

Romans 15:9

15:9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. ¹³  As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” ¹⁴ 

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¹ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

² 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).

³ tn Grk “letter.”

⁴ 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 The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁵ tn Grk “every man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to stress humanity rather than masculinity.

⁶ tn Grk “Let God be true, and every man a liar.” The words “proven” and “shown up” are supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.

⁷ tn Grk “might be justified,” a subjunctive verb, but in this type of clause it carries the same sense as the future indicative verb in the latter part. “Will” is more idiomatic in contemporary English.

⁸ tn Or “prevail when you judge.” A quotation from Ps 51:4.

⁹ tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

¹⁰ tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”

¹¹ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”

¹² sn A quotation from Isa 28:16; 8:14.

¹³ tn There are two major syntactical alternatives which are both awkward: (1) One could make “glorify” dependent on “Christ has become a minister” and coordinate with “to confirm” and the result would be rendered “Christ has become a minister of circumcision to confirm the promises…and so that the Gentiles might glorify God.” (2) One could make “glorify” dependent on “I tell you” and coordinate with “Christ has become a minister” and the result would be rendered “I tell you that Christ has become a minister of circumcision…and that the Gentiles glorify God.” The second rendering is preferred.

¹⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 18:49.