Roma 2:29

2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹  by the Spirit ²  and not by the written code. ³  This person’s ⁴  praise is not from people but from God.

Roma 6:16

6:16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves ⁵  as obedient slaves, ⁶  you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness? ⁷ 

Roma 7:6

7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died ⁸  to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. ⁹ 

Roma 12:2

12:2 Do not be conformed ¹⁰  to this present world, ¹¹  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve ¹²  what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Roma 14:15

14:15 For if your brother or sister ¹³  is distressed because of what you eat, ¹⁴  you are no longer walking in love. ¹⁵  Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

[2:29]  ¹ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

[2:29]  ² tn Some have taken the phrase ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati, “by/in [the] S/spirit”) not as a reference to the Holy Spirit, but referring to circumcision as “spiritual and not literal” (RSV).

[2:29]  ³ tn Grk “letter.”

[2:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “whose.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “to whom you present yourselves.”

[6:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “as slaves for obedience.” See the note on the word “slave” in 1:1.

[6:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “either of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness.”

[7:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[7:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”

[12:2]  ¹⁰ tn Although συσχηματίζεσθε (suschmatizesqe) could be either a passive or middle, the passive is more likely since it would otherwise have to be a direct middle (“conform yourselves”) and, as such, would be quite rare for NT Greek. It is very telling that being “conformed” to the present world is viewed as a passive notion, for it may suggest that it happens, in part, subconsciously. At the same time, the passive could well be a “permissive passive,” suggesting that there may be some consciousness of the conformity taking place. Most likely, it is a combination of both.

[12:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “to this age.”

[12:2]  ¹² sn The verb translated test and approve (δοκιμάζω, dokimazw) carries the sense of “test with a positive outcome,” “test so as to approve.”

[14:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “brother.”

[14:15]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “on account of food.”

[14:15]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “according to love.”