¹ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

³ tn Heb “[which] you swore on oath to David by your faithfulness.”

¹ tn Heb “and my faithfulness and my loyal love [will be] with him.”

⁴ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.”

² sn The psalmist’s confession of faith in this verse echoes Exod 34:6.

² tn Heb “but the one who trusts in the Lord, faithfulness surrounds him.”

³ tn Heb “according to your faithfulness, remember me, you, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord.”

² sn Habakkuk uses similar language to describe his faith during difficult times. See Hab 3:19.

¹ tn Heb “and his faithful acts according to what is written in the law of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

¹ tn Heb “and the Lord returns to the man his righteousness and his faithfulness.”

¹ tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”

¹ tn Heb “the loving deeds and faithfulness” (see 24:27, 49).

⁴ sn In this context fear refers by metonymy to obedience that grows from faith.

⁴ tn The phrase ὑπακοὴν πίστεως has been variously understood as (1) an objective genitive (a reference to the Christian faith, “obedience to [the] faith”); (2) a subjective genitive (“the obedience faith produces [or requires]”); (3) an attributive genitive (“believing obedience”); or (4) as a genitive of apposition (“obedience, [namely] faith”) in which “faith” further defines “obedience.” These options are discussed by C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans (ICC), 1:66. Others take the phrase as deliberately ambiguous; see D. B. Garlington, “The Obedience of Faith in the Letter to the Romans: Part I: The Meaning of ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (Rom 1:5; 16:26),” WTJ 52 (1990): 201-24.

² tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith.” Because the genitive noun πίστεως (pisteōs, “of faith”) is impersonal here, an objective genitive was preferred rather than a subjective genitive. See also v. 5.

³ sn The phrase eyewitnesses and servants of the word refers to a single group of people who faithfully passed on the accounts about Jesus. The language about delivery (passed on) points to accounts faithfully passed on to the early church.

⁵ tn Or “to love faithfully.” The Hebrew word חֶסֶד (khesed) is complex, sometimes translated “lovingkindness,” faithfulness,” or “loyal love.” It has also been understood as covenant loyalty. חֶסֶד is either the object or the manner of the infinitive “to love.”

¹ tn The text has “he pours out faithfully”; the word rendered “faithfully” or “reliably” (אֱמוּנָה, ʾemunah) is used frequently for giving testimony in court, and so here the subject matter is the reliable witness.

³ tn Heb “faithful of spirit.” This phrase describes the inner nature of the person as faithful and trustworthy. This individual will not rush out to tell whatever information he has heard, but will conceal it.