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Romans 2:18

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2:18 and know his will 1  and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, 2 

Romans 15:32

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15:32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Romans 1:10

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1:10 and I always ask 3  in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God. 4 

Romans 12:2

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12:2 Do not be conformed 5  to this present world, 6  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve 7  what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

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[2:18]  1 tn Grk “the will.”

[2:18]  2 tn Grk “because of being instructed out of the law.”

[1:10]  3 tn Grk “remember you, always asking.”

[1:10]  4 tn Grk “succeed in coming to you in the will of God.”

[12:2]  5 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]  6 tn Grk “to this age.”

[12:2]  7 sn The verb translated test and approve (δοκιμάζω, dokimazw) carries the sense of “test with a positive outcome,” “test so as to approve.”



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