Romans 6:13

6:13 and do not present your members to sin as instruments ¹  to be used for unrighteousness, ²  but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments ³  to be used for righteousness.

Romans 8:3

8:3 For God achieved what the law could not do because ⁴  it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:23

8:23 Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, ⁵  groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, ⁶  the redemption of our bodies. ⁷ 

Romans 11:25

11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ⁸  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ⁹  until the full number ¹⁰  of the Gentiles has come in.

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 ¹¹  of the naive.

[6:13]  ¹ tn Or “weapons, tools.”

[6:13]  ² tn Or “wickedness, injustice.”

[6:13]  ³ tn Or “weapons, tools.”

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “in that.”

[8:23]  ⁷ tn Or “who have the Spirit as firstfruits.” The genitive πνεύματος (pneumatos) can be understood here as possessive (“the firstfruits belonging to the Spirit”) although it is much more likely that this is a genitive of apposition (“the firstfruits, namely, the Spirit”); cf. TEV, NLT.

[8:23]  ⁸ tn See the note on “adoption” in v. 15.

[8:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “body.”

[11:25]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

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

[11:25]  ¹² tn Grk “fullness.”

[16:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “hearts.”