Romans 8:12

8:12 So then, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

Romans 15:27

15:27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. ³  For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

[8:12]  ¹ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[8:12]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[15:27]  ³ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the Jerusalem saints) has been specified in the translation for clarity.