Romans 2:2

2:2 Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth ¹  against those who practice such things.

Romans 2:21

2:21 therefore ²  you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Romans 3:31--4:1

3:31 Do we then nullify ³  the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead ⁴  we uphold the law.

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ⁵  has discovered regarding this matter? ⁶ 

Romans 4:4

4:4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. ⁷ 

Romans 4:6

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

Romans 6:15

The Believer’s Enslavement to God’s Righteousness

6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

[2:2]  ¹ tn Or “based on truth.”

[2:21]  ² tn The structure of vv. 21-24 is difficult. Some take these verses as the apodosis of the conditional clauses (protases) in vv. 17-20; others see vv. 17-20 as an instance of anacoluthon (a broken off or incomplete construction).

[3:31]  ³ tn Grk “render inoperative.”

[3:31]  ⁴ tn Grk “but” (Greek ἀλλά, alla).

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

[4:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “has found?”

[4:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “not according to grace but according to obligation.”