Roma 1:19

1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, ¹  because God has made it plain to them.

Roma 1:28

1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ²  God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. ³ 

Roma 1:32

1:32 Although they fully know ⁴  God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, ⁵  they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. ⁶ 

Roma 2:3

2:3 And do you think, ⁷  whoever you are, when you judge ⁸  those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, ⁹  that you will escape God’s judgment?

Roma 2:15-23

2:15 They ¹⁰  show that the work of the law is written ¹¹  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ¹²  them, ¹³  2:16 on the day when God will judge ¹⁴  the secrets of human hearts, ¹⁵  according to my gospel ¹⁶  through Christ Jesus.

The Condemnation of the Jew

2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law ¹⁷  and boast of your relationship to God ¹⁸  2:18 and know his will ¹⁹  and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, ²⁰  2:19 and if you are convinced ²¹  that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 2:20 an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth – 2:21 therefore ²²  you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 2:22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor ²³  idols, do you rob temples? 2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

[1:19]  ¹ tn Grk “is manifest to/in them.”

[1:28]  ² tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”

[1:28]  ³ tn Grk “the things that are improper.”

[1:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “who, knowing…, not only do them but also approve…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:32]  ⁵ tn Grk “are worthy of death.”

[1:32]  ⁶ sn “Vice lists” like vv. 28-32 can be found elsewhere in the NT in Matt 15:19; Gal 5:19-21; 1 Tim 1:9-10; and 1 Pet 4:3. An example from the intertestamental period can be found in Wis 14:25-26.

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “do you think this,” referring to the clause in v. 3b.

[2:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “O man, the one who judges.”

[2:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “and do them.” The other words are supplied to bring out the contrast implied in this clause.

[2:15]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “show the work of the law [to be] written,” with the words in brackets implied by the Greek construction.

[2:15]  ¹² tn Or “excuse.”

[2:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “their conscience bearing witness and between the thoughts accusing or also defending one another.”

[2:16]  ¹⁴ tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

[2:16]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “of people.”

[2:16]  ¹⁶ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.

[2:17]  ¹⁷ sn The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

[2:17]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.

[2:18]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the will.”

[2:18]  ²⁰ tn Grk “because of being instructed out of the law.”

[2:19]  ²¹ tn This verb is parallel to the verbs in vv. 17-18a, so it shares the conditional meaning even though the word “if” is not repeated.

[2:21]  ²² 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).

[2:22]  ²³ tn Or “detest.”