6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, 1 and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
3:9 What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
3:13 “Their throats are open graves, 2
they deceive with their tongues,
the poison of asps is under their lips.” 3
1 tn Grk “by God.”
1 tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”
2 sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.
1 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.
2 tn Grk “being witnessed by the law and the prophets,” a remark which is virtually parenthetical to Paul’s argument.
1 tn Grk “under sin.”
1 tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.