Romans 1:32

1:32 Although they fully know ¹  God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, ²  they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. ³ 

Romans 4:16

4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, ⁴  with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, ⁵  who is the father of us all

Romans 5:12

The Amplification of Justification

5:12 So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people ⁶  because ⁷  all sinned –

Romans 7:18

7:18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. ⁸ 

Romans 8:9

8:9 You, however, are not in ⁹  the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

Romans 9:17

9:17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh: ¹⁰  “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” ¹¹ 

Romans 10:8

10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” ¹²  (that is, the word of faith that we preach),

Romans 11:24-25

11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?

11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ¹³  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ¹⁴  until the full number ¹⁵  of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:2

12:2 Do not be conformed ¹⁶  to this present world, ¹⁷  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve ¹⁸  what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Romans 12:20

12:20 Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head. ¹⁹ 

Romans 13:9

13:9 For the commandments, ²⁰  “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” ²¹  (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ²² 

Romans 16:18

16:18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds ²³  of the naive.

[1:32]  ¹ tn Grk “who, knowing…, not only do them but also approve…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:32]  ² tn Grk “are worthy of death.”

[1:32]  ³ sn “Vice lists” like vv. 28-32 can be found elsewhere in the NT in Matt 15:19; Gal 5:19-21; 1 Tim 1:9-10; and 1 Pet 4:3. An example from the intertestamental period can be found in Wis 14:25-26.

[4:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “that it might be according to grace.”

[4:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “those who are of the faith of Abraham.”

[5:12]  ⁷ tn Here ἀνθρώπους (anqrwpou") has been translated as a generic (“people”) since both men and women are clearly intended in this context.

[5:12]  ⁸ tn The translation of the phrase ἐφ᾿ ᾧ (ef Jw) has been heavily debated. For a discussion of all the possibilities, see C. E. B. Cranfield, “On Some of the Problems in the Interpretation of Romans 5.12,” SJT 22 (1969): 324-41. Only a few of the major options can be mentioned here: (1) the phrase can be taken as a relative clause in which the pronoun refers to Adam, “death spread to all people in whom [Adam] all sinned.” (2) The phrase can be taken with consecutive (resultative) force, meaning “death spread to all people with the result that all sinned.” (3) Others take the phrase as causal in force: “death spread to all people because all sinned.”

[7:18]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

[8:9]  ¹³ tn Or “are not controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit.”

[9:17]  ¹⁶ sn Paul uses a typical rabbinic formula here in which the OT scriptures are figuratively portrayed as speaking to Pharaoh. What he means is that the scripture he cites refers (or can be applied) to Pharaoh.

[9:17]  ¹⁷ sn A quotation from Exod 9:16.

[10:8]  ¹⁹ sn A quotation from Deut 30:14.

[11:25]  ²² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[11:25]  ²³ tn Or “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.”

[11:25]  ²⁴ tn Grk “fullness.”

[12:2]  ²⁵ tn Although συσχηματίζεσθε (suschmatizesqe) could be either a passive or middle, the passive is more likely since it would otherwise have to be a direct middle (“conform yourselves”) and, as such, would be quite rare for NT Greek. It is very telling that being “conformed” to the present world is viewed as a passive notion, for it may suggest that it happens, in part, subconsciously. At the same time, the passive could well be a “permissive passive,” suggesting that there may be some consciousness of the conformity taking place. Most likely, it is a combination of both.

[12:2]  ²⁶ tn Grk “to this age.”

[12:2]  ²⁷ sn The verb translated test and approve (δοκιμάζω, dokimazw) carries the sense of “test with a positive outcome,” “test so as to approve.”

[12:20]  ²⁸ sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.

[13:9]  ³¹ tn Grk “For the…” (with the word “commandments” supplied for clarity). The Greek article (“the”) is used here as a substantiver to introduce the commands that are quoted from the second half of the Decalogue (ExSyn 238).

[13:9]  ³² sn A quotation from Exod 20:13-15, 17; Deut 5:17-19, 21.

[13:9]  ³³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[16:18]  ³⁴ tn Grk “hearts.”