Roma 7:2

7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her ¹  husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage. ² 

Roma 8:17

8:17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) ³  – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

Roma 11:22

11:22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but ⁴  God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; ⁵  otherwise you also will be cut off.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[7:2]  ² tn Grk “husband.”

[7:2]  sn Paul’s example of the married woman and the law of the marriage illustrates that death frees a person from obligation to the law. Thus, in spiritual terms, a person who has died to what controlled us (v. 6) has been released from the law to serve God in the new life produced by the Spirit.

[8:17]  ³ tn Grk “on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other hand, fellow heirs with Christ.” Some prefer to render v. 17 as follows: “And if children, then heirs – that is, heirs of God. Also fellow heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.” Such a translation suggests two distinct inheritances, one coming to all of God’s children, the other coming only to those who suffer with Christ. The difficulty of this view, however, is that it ignores the correlative conjunctions μέν…δέ (men…de, “on the one hand…on the other hand”): The construction strongly suggests that the inheritances cannot be separated since both explain “then heirs.” For this reason, the preferred translation puts this explanation in parentheses.

[11:22]  ⁴ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[11:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “if you continue in (the) kindness.”