Discovery BoxRomans 1:32 
Context1:32 Although they fully know 1 God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, 2 they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. 3
Romans 2:5
Context2:5 But because of your stubbornness 4 and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed! 5
1 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.
2 tn Grk “are worthy of death.”
3 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.
4 tn Grk “hardness.” Concerning this imagery, see Jer 4:4; Ezek 3:7; 1 En. 16:3.
5 tn Grk “in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”
