Roma 6:17

6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed ¹  from the heart that pattern ²  of teaching you were entrusted to,

Roma 7:1

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters ³  (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person ⁴  as long as he lives?

Roma 7:5

7:5 For when we were in the flesh, ⁵  the sinful desires, ⁶  aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body ⁷  to bear fruit for death.

Roma 9:29

9:29 Just ⁸  as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of armies ⁹  had not left us descendants,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” ¹⁰ 

[6:17]  ¹ tn Grk “you were slaves of sin but you obeyed.”

[6:17]  ² tn Or “type, form.”

[7:1]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[7:1]  ⁴ sn Here person refers to a human being.

[7:5]  ⁵ tn That is, before we were in Christ.

[7:5]  ⁶ tn Or “sinful passions.”

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[9:29]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:29]  ⁹ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts”; Grk “Lord Sabaoth,” which means “Lord of the [heavenly] armies,” sometimes translated more generally as “Lord Almighty.”

[9:29]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 1:9.