Romans 1:3

1:3 concerning his Son who was a descendant ¹  of David with reference to the flesh, ² 

Romans 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ³  has discovered regarding this matter? ⁴ 

Romans 8:12

8:12 So then, ⁵  brothers and sisters, ⁶  we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

Romans 11:14

11:14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

¹ tn Grk “born of the seed” (an idiom).

² tn Grk “according to the flesh,” indicating Jesus’ earthly life, a reference to its weakness. This phrase implies that Jesus was more than human; otherwise it would have been sufficient to say that he was a descendant of David, cf. L. Morris, Romans, 44.

³ tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

⁴ tn Grk “has found?”

⁵ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.