Romans 6:11

6:11 So you too consider yourselves ¹  dead to sin, but ²  alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:10

8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but ³  the Spirit is your life ⁴  because of righteousness.

Romans 8:17

8:17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) ⁵  – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 10:1

10:1 Brothers and sisters, ⁶  my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites ⁷  is for their salvation.

[6:11]  ¹ tc ‡ Some Alexandrian and Byzantine mss (Ì^94vid א* B C 81 365 1506 1739 1881 pc) have the infinitive “to be” (εἶναι, einai) following “yourselves”. The infinitive is lacking from some mss of the Alexandrian and Western texttypes (Ì^46vid A D*^,c F G 33^vid pc). The infinitive is found elsewhere in the majority of Byzantine mss, suggesting a scribal tendency toward clarification. The lack of infinitive best explains the rise of the other readings. The meaning of the passage is not significantly altered by inclusion or omission, but on internal grounds omission is more likely. NA²⁷ includes the infinitive in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

[6:11]  ² tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[8:10]  ³ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Or “life-giving.” Grk “the Spirit is life.”

[8:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other hand, fellow heirs with Christ.” Some prefer to render v. 17 as follows: “And if children, then heirs – that is, heirs of God. Also fellow heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.” Such a translation suggests two distinct inheritances, one coming to all of God’s children, the other coming only to those who suffer with Christ. The difficulty of this view, however, is that it ignores the correlative conjunctions μέν…δέ (men…de, “on the one hand…on the other hand”): The construction strongly suggests that the inheritances cannot be separated since both explain “then heirs.” For this reason, the preferred translation puts this explanation in parentheses.

[10:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[10:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “on behalf of them”; the referent (Paul’s fellow Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.