Galatians 3:14

3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, ¹  so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

Galatians 5:22

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ²  is love, ³  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ⁴ 

Galatians 6:4

6:4 Let each one examine ⁵  his own work. Then he can take pride ⁶  in himself and not compare himself with ⁷  someone else.

Luke 8:13

8:13 Those ⁸  on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, ⁹  but ¹⁰  in a time of testing ¹¹  fall away. ¹² 

Romans 4:6-9

4:6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

4:7 “Blessed ¹³  are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

4:8 blessed is the one ¹⁴  against whom the Lord will never count ¹⁵  sin.” ¹⁶ 

4:9 Is this blessedness ¹⁷  then for ¹⁸  the circumcision ¹⁹  or also for ²⁰  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ²¹ 

Romans 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ²²  in the hope of God’s glory.

Romans 15:13

15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, ²³  so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

[3:14]  ¹ tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”

[5:22]  ² tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

[5:22]  ³ sn Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as defining love.

[5:22]  ⁴ tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Or “determine the genuineness of.”

[6:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”

[6:4]  ⁷ tn Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.

[8:13]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:13]  ⁹ sn This time of temporary faith represented by the description believe for a while is presented rather tragically in the passage. The seed does not get a chance to do all it can.

[8:13]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:13]  ¹¹ tn Traditionally, “temptation.” Such a translation puts the emphasis on temptation to sin rather than testing of faith, which is what the context seems to indicate.

[8:13]  ¹² sn Fall away. On the idea of falling away and the warnings against it, see 2 Tim 3:1; Heb 3:12; Jer 3:14; Dan 9:9.

[4:7]  ¹³ tn Or “Happy.”

[4:8]  ¹⁴ tn The word for “man” or “individual” here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”

[4:8]  ¹⁵ tn The verb translated “count” here is λογίζομαι (logizomai). It occurs eight times in Rom 4:1-12, including here, each time with the sense of “place on someone’s account.” By itself the word is neutral, but in particular contexts it can take on a positive or negative connotation. The other occurrences of the verb have been translated using a form of the English verb “credit” because they refer to a positive event: the application of righteousness to the individual believer. The use here in v. 8 is negative: the application of sin. A form of the verb “credit” was not used here because of the positive connotations associated with that English word, but it is important to recognize that the same concept is used here as in the other occurrences.

[4:8]  ¹⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 32:1-2.

[4:9]  ¹⁷ tn Or “happiness.”

[4:9]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.

[4:9]  ²⁰ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[5:2]  ²² tn Or “exult, boast.”

[15:13]  ²³ tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).