3:12 All have turned away,
together they have become worthless;
there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.” 4
3:27 Where, then, is boasting? 5 It is excluded! By what principle? 6 Of works? No, but by the principle of faith! 3:28 For we consider that a person 7 is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. 8
4:23 But the statement it was credited to him 11 was not written only for Abraham’s 12 sake,
11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
1 tn Grk “but even,” to emphasize the contrast. The second word has been omitted since it is somewhat redundant in English idiom.
1 tn This verb is parallel to the verbs in vv. 17-18a, so it shares the conditional meaning even though the word “if” is not repeated.
1 tn The Greek word φυλάσσω (fulassw, traditionally translated “keep”) in this context connotes preservation of and devotion to an object as well as obedience.
1 sn Verses 10-12 are a quotation from Ps 14:1-3.
1 tn Although a number of interpreters understand the “boasting” here to refer to Jewish boasting, others (e.g. C. E. B. Cranfield, “‘The Works of the Law’ in the Epistle to the Romans,” JSNT 43 [1991]: 96) take the phrase to refer to all human boasting before God.
2 tn Grk “By what sort of law?”
1 tn Here ἄνθρωπον (anqrwpon) is used in an indefinite and general sense (BDAG 81 s.v. ἄνθρωπος 4.a.γ).
2 tn See the note on the phrase “works of the law” in Rom 3:20.
1 tn Grk “render inoperative.”
2 tn Grk “but” (Greek ἀλλά, alla).
1 tn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
2 tn Grk “his”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Grk “slipped in.”
2 tn Or “trespass.”
1 tn Grk “because of the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Grk “For this is the word of promise.”
2 tn Grk “About this time I will return.” Since this refers to the time when the promised child would be born, it would be approximately a year later.
3 sn A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14.
1 sn A quotation from Isa 65:2.