Romans 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 

Romans 5:16

5:16 And the gift is not like the one who sinned. ⁴  For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, ⁵  led to condemnation, but ⁶  the gracious gift from the many failures ⁷  led to justification.

Romans 6:13

6:13 and do not present your members to sin as instruments ⁸  to be used for unrighteousness, ⁹  but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments ¹⁰  to be used for righteousness.

Romans 8:23

8:23 Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, ¹¹  groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, ¹²  the redemption of our bodies. ¹³ 

Romans 14:14

14:14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

Romans 14:20

14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, ¹⁴  it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

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. ¹⁵ 

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.

² tn Grk “are worthy of death.”

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.

⁴ tn Grk “and not as through the one who sinned [is] the gift.”

⁵ tn The word “transgression” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

⁶ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

⁷ tn Or “falls, trespasses,” the same word used in vv. 15, 17, 18, 20.

⁷ tn Or “weapons, tools.”

⁸ tn Or “wickedness, injustice.”

⁹ tn Or “weapons, tools.”

¹⁰ tn Or “who have the Spirit as firstfruits.” The genitive πνεύματος (pneumatos) can be understood here as possessive (“the firstfruits belonging to the Spirit”) although it is much more likely that this is a genitive of apposition (“the firstfruits, namely, the Spirit”); cf. TEV, NLT.

¹¹ tn See the note on “adoption” in v. 15.

¹² tn Grk “body.”

¹³ sn Here clean refers to food being ceremonially clean.

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