Romans 3:13

3:13 “Their throats are open graves, ¹ 

they deceive with their tongues,

the poison of asps is under their lips.” ² 

Romans 3:21

3:21 But now ³  apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) ⁴  has been disclosed –

Romans 7:14

7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin. ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”

² sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.

³ tn Νυνὶ δέ (Nuni de, “But now”) could be understood as either (1) logical or (2) temporal in force, but most recent interpreters take it as temporal, referring to a new phase in salvation history.

⁴ tn Grk “being witnessed by the law and the prophets,” a remark which is virtually parenthetical to Paul’s argument.

⁵ tn Grk “under sin.”