Roma 1:32

1:32 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 

Roma 2:15

2:15 They ⁴  show that the work of the law is written ⁵  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ⁶  them, ⁷ 

Roma 2:17

The Condemnation of the Jew

2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law ⁸  and boast of your relationship to God ⁹ 

Roma 2:21

2:21 therefore ¹⁰  you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Roma 3:21

3:21 But now ¹¹  apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) ¹²  has been disclosed –

Roma 9:6

9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, ¹³ 

Roma 10:20

10:20 And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.” ¹⁴ 

Roma 15:8

15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised ¹⁵  on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ¹⁶ 

Roma 15:18

15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience ¹⁷  of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

[1:32]  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.

[1:32]  ² tn Grk “are worthy of death.”

[1:32]  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.

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

[2:15]  ⁶ tn Or “excuse.”

[2:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

[2:17]  ⁸ sn The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

[2:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.

[2:21]  ¹⁰ tn The structure of vv. 21-24 is difficult. Some take these verses as the apodosis of the conditional clauses (protases) in vv. 17-20; others see vv. 17-20 as an instance of anacoluthon (a broken off or incomplete construction).

[3:21]  ¹¹ tn Νυνὶ δέ (Nuni de, “But now”) could be understood as either (1) logical or (2) temporal in force, but most recent interpreters take it as temporal, referring to a new phase in salvation history.

[3:21]  ¹² tn Grk “being witnessed by the law and the prophets,” a remark which is virtually parenthetical to Paul’s argument.

[9:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “For not all those who are from Israel are Israel.”

[10:20]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 65:1.

[15:8]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.

[15:8]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to the patriarchs.”

[15:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “unto obedience.”