¹ tn Grk “we will certainly also of his resurrection.”

² tn Grk “knowing.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn The present tense here has been translated as a futuristic present (see ExSyn 536, where this verse is listed as an example).

⁴ tn Grk “fruit.”

⁵ tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.

⁶ tn That is, before we were in Christ.

⁷ tn Or “sinful passions.”

⁸ tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

⁹ tn Grk “for the law of the Spirit of life.”

¹⁰ tc Most mss read the first person singular pronoun με (me) here (A D 1739^c 1881 Ï lat sa). The second person singular pronoun σε (se) is superior because of external support (א B {F which reads σαι} G 1506* 1739*) and internal support (it is the harder reading since ch. 7 was narrated in the first person). At the same time, it could have arisen via dittography from the final syllable of the verb preceding it (ἠλευθέρωσεν, hleuqerwsen; “has set free”). But for this to happen in such early and diverse witnesses is unlikely, especially as it depends on various scribes repeatedly overlooking either the nu or the nu-bar at the end of the verb.

¹¹ tn Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”

¹² sn This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.

¹³ sn A quotation from Ps 44:22.

¹⁴ tn BDAG 138 s.v. ἀρχή 6 takes this term as a reference to angelic or transcendent powers (as opposed to merely human rulers). To clarify this, the adjective “heavenly” has been supplied in the translation. Some interpreters see this as a reference to fallen angels or demonic powers, and this view is reflected in some recent translations (NIV, NLT).