Romans 2:15-16

2:15 They ¹  show that the work of the law is written ²  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ³  them, ⁴  2:16 on the day when God will judge ⁵  the secrets of human hearts, ⁶  according to my gospel ⁷  through Christ Jesus.

¹ 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 tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

³ tn Or “excuse.”

⁴ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

⁵ tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

⁶ tn Grk “of people.”

⁷ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.