Romans 3:13

3:13Their throats are open graves,

they deceive with their tongues,

the poison of asps is under their lips.

Romans 8:12

8:12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

Romans 16:20

16:20 The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.


tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”

sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.

tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

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