Romans 1:17

1:17 For the righteousness ¹  of God is revealed in the gospel ²  from faith to faith, ³  just as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.” ⁴ 

Romans 2:29

2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ⁵  by the Spirit ⁶  and not by the written code. ⁷  This person’s ⁸  praise is not from people but from God.

Romans 5:16

5:16 And the gift is not like the one who sinned. ⁹  For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, ¹⁰  led to condemnation, but ¹¹  the gracious gift from the many failures ¹²  led to justification.

Romans 14:23

14:23 But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin. ¹³ 

¹ tn The nature of the “righteousness” described here and the force of the genitive θεοῦ (“of God”) which follows have been much debated. (1) Some (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:98) understand “righteousness” to refer to the righteous status given to believers as a result of God’s justifying activity, and see the genitive “of God” as a genitive of source (= “from God”). (2) Others see the “righteousness” as God’s act or declaration that makes righteous (i.e., justifies) those who turn to him in faith, taking the genitive “of God” as a subjective genitive (see E. Käsemann, Romans, 25-30). (3) Still others see the “righteousness of God” mentioned here as the attribute of God himself, understanding the genitive “of God” as a possessive genitive (“God’s righteousness”).

² tn Grk “in it”; the referent (the gospel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Or “by faith for faith,” or “by faith to faith.” There are many interpretations of the phrase ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν (ek pistew" ei" pistin). It may have the idea that this righteousness is obtained by faith (ἐκ πίστεως) because it was designed for faith (εἰς πίστιν). For a summary see J. Murray, Romans (NICNT), 1:363-74.

⁴ sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

⁵ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

⁶ tn Some have taken the phrase ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati, “by/in [the] S/spirit”) not as a reference to the Holy Spirit, but referring to circumcision as “spiritual and not literal” (RSV).

⁷ tn Grk “letter.”

⁸ tn Grk “whose.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁹ tn Grk “and not as through the one who sinned [is] the gift.”

¹⁰ tn The word “transgression” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

¹¹ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

¹² tn Or “falls, trespasses,” the same word used in vv. 15, 17, 18, 20.

¹³ tc Some mss insert 16:25-27 at this point. See the tc note at 16:25 for more information.