Romans 2:29

2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹  by the Spirit ²  and not by the written code. ³  This person’s ⁴  praise is not from people but from God.

Romans 4:2

4:2 For if Abraham was declared righteous ⁵  by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.

Romans 8:37

8:37 No, in all these things we have complete victory ⁶  through him ⁷  who loved us!

Romans 9:7

9:7 nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” ⁸ 

Romans 10:2

10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, ⁹  but their zeal is not in line with the truth. ¹⁰ 

Romans 2:13

2:13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous. ¹¹ 

Romans 4:10

4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

Romans 9:32

9:32 Why not? Because they pursued ¹²  it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. ¹³  They stumbled over the stumbling stone, ¹⁴ 

Romans 10:16

10:16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” ¹⁵ 

Romans 1:21

1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts ¹⁶  were darkened.

Romans 4:20

4:20 He ¹⁷  did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

Romans 7:15

7:15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate. ¹⁸ 

Romans 9:11

9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election ¹⁹  would stand, not by works but by ²⁰  his calling) ²¹  –

Romans 5:15

5:15 But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. ²²  For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, ²³  how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

¹ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

² 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).

³ tn Grk “letter.”

⁴ 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 The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁵ tn Or “was justified.”

⁹ tn BDAG 1034 s.v. ὑπερνικάω states, “as a heightened form of νικᾶν prevail completely ὑπερνικῶμεν we are winning a most glorious victory Ro 8:37.”

¹⁰ tn Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love that is mentioned.

¹³ tn Grk “be called.” The emphasis here is upon God’s divine sovereignty in choosing Isaac as the child through whom Abraham’s lineage would be counted as opposed to Ishmael.

¹⁷ tn Grk “they have a zeal for God.”

¹⁸ tn Grk “in accord with knowledge.”

²¹ tn The Greek sentence expresses this contrast more succinctly than is possible in English. Grk “For not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.”

²⁵ tn Grk “Why? Because not by faith but as though by works.” The verb (“they pursued [it]”) is to be supplied from the preceding verse for the sake of English style; yet a certain literary power is seen in Paul’s laconic style.

²⁶ tc Most mss, especially the later ones (א² D Ψ 33 Ï sy), read νόμου (nomou, “of the law”) here, echoing Paul’s usage in Rom 3:20, 28 and elsewhere. The qualifying phrase is lacking in א* A B F G 6 629 630 1739 1881 pc lat co. The longer reading thus is weaker externally and internally, being motivated apparently by a need to clarify.

²⁷ tn Grk “the stone of stumbling.”

²⁹ sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.

³³ tn Grk “heart.”

³⁷ tn Grk “And he.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, δέ (de) has not been translated here.

⁴¹ tn Grk “but what I hate, this I do.”

⁴⁵ tn Grk “God’s purpose according to election.”

⁴⁶ tn Or “not based on works but based on…”

⁴⁷ tn Grk “by the one who calls.”

⁴⁹ tn Grk “but not as the transgression, so also [is] the gracious gift.”

⁵⁰ sn Here the one man refers to Adam (cf. 5:14).