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 7:1

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters ⁵  (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person ⁶  as long as he lives?

Romans 8:9

8:9 You, however, are not in ⁷  the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

Romans 13:1

Submission to Civil Government

13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, ⁸  and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

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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 The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.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 “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

⁶ sn Here person refers to a human being.

⁷ tn Or “are not controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit.”

⁸ tn Grk “by God.”