Romans 4:3

4:3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited ¹  to him as righteousness.” ² 

Romans 8:33

8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? ³  It is God who justifies.

Romans 9:31

9:31 but Israel even though pursuing ⁴  a law of righteousness ⁵  did not attain it. ⁶ 

Romans 12:9

Conduct in Love

12:9 Love must be ⁷  without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

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¹ tn The term λογίζομαι (logizomai) occurs 11 times in this chapter (vv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24). In secular usage it could (a) refer to deliberations of some sort, or (b) in commercial dealings (as virtually a technical term) to “reckoning” or “charging up a debt.” See H. W. Heidland, TDNT 4:284, 290-92.

² sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

³ sn An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here).

⁴ tn Or “who pursued.” The participle could be taken adverbially or adjectivally.

⁵ 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).

⁶ tn Grk “has not attained unto the law.”

⁷ tn The verb “must be” is understood in the Greek text.