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 6:17

6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed ⁵  from the heart that pattern ⁶  of teaching you were entrusted to,

Roma 8:27

8:27 And he ⁷  who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit ⁸  intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

[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 The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

[6:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “you were slaves of sin but you obeyed.”

[6:17]  ⁶ tn Or “type, form.”

[8:27]  ⁷ sn He refers to God here; Paul has not specifically identified him for the sake of rhetorical power (for by leaving the subject slightly ambiguous, he draws his audience into seeing God’s hand in places where he is not explicitly mentioned).

[8:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.