Mazmur 119:5

119:5 If only I were predisposed ¹ 

to keep your statutes!

Mazmur 119:20

119:20 I desperately long to know ² 

your regulations at all times.

Matius 26:41

26:41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Roma 7:24

7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Roma 7:2

7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her ³  husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage. ⁴ 

Kolose 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁵  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Galatia 5:17

5:17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires ⁶  that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to ⁷  each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Filipi 3:13-14

3:13 Brothers and sisters, ⁸  I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: ⁹  Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 3:14 with this goal in mind, ¹⁰  I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God ¹¹  in Christ Jesus.

[119:5]  ¹ tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”

[119:20]  ² tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “husband.”

[7:2]  sn Paul’s example of the married woman and the law of the marriage illustrates that death frees a person from obligation to the law. Thus, in spiritual terms, a person who has died to what controlled us (v. 6) has been released from the law to serve God in the new life produced by the Spirit.

[1:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[5:17]  ⁶ tn The words “has desires” do not occur in the Greek text a second time, but are repeated in the translation for clarity.

[5:17]  ⁷ tn Or “are hostile toward” (L&N 39.1).

[3:13]  ⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[3:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”

[3:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “according to the goal.”

[3:14]  ¹¹ tn Grk “prize, namely, the heavenly calling of God.”