Discovery BoxRomans 1:21 
Context1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts 1 were darkened.
Romans 1:32
Context1:32 Although they fully know 2 God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, 3 they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. 4
Romans 14:20
Context14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, 5 it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.
1 tn Grk “heart.”
2 tn Grk “who, knowing…, not only do them but also approve…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 tn Grk “are worthy of death.”
4 sn “Vice lists” like vv. 28-32 can be found elsewhere in the NT in Matt 15:19; Gal 5:19-21; 1 Tim 1:9-10; and 1 Pet 4:3. An example from the intertestamental period can be found in Wis 14:25-26.
5 sn Here clean refers to food being ceremonially clean.
