PDF Romans 1-8

rom/01/24.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 "Because what I have just said is true"
 
-# God gave them over to
+# God delivered them over to
 
 "God allowed them to indulge in"
 

rom/01/26.md

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 "Because of idolatry and sexual sin"
 
-# God gave them over to
+# God delivered them over to dishonorable lusts
 
-"God allowed them to indulge in"
+"God allowed them to do all the dishonorable things they very much wanted to do"
 
-# dishonorable passions
+# dishonorable lusts
 
 "shameful sexual desires"
 
-# passions, for their women
+# lusts, for their women
 
-"passions. For example, their women"
+"lusts. For example, their women"
 
 # exchanged natural relations for those that were unnatural
 

rom/01/32.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# They understand the regulations of God, that
+# They understand the ordinance of God, that
 
 "They know how God wants them to live and that"
 

rom/02/01.md

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ Paul is writing here as if he were addressing a Jewish person who is arguing wit
 
 Here the pronoun "you" is singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
 
-# excuse, you person, you who judge, for what you judge in another you condemn in yourself
+# excuse, you person, you who judge, for in things for which you judge the other person, you condemn yourself
 
 "excuse. You are just a human being, yet you judge others and say they deserve God's punishment. But you are only judging yourself because you do the same wicked deeds that they do"
 
+# you person
+
+Another possible meaning is "whoever you are."
+

rom/03/03.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# For what if some Jews were without faith? Will their unbelief abolish God's faithfulness?
+# For what if some Jews were without faith? Will their unbelief nullify God's faithfulness?
 
 Paul uses these questions to make people think. Alternate translation: "Some Jews have not been faithful to God. We should not conclude from this that God will not fulfill his promise." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
 

rom/04/14.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The people to whom God has made promises are spoken of as if they were to inheri
 
 Here "live by the law" refers to obeying the law. Alternate translation: "if those who obey the law are the ones who will inherit the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
 
-# faith is made empty, and the promise is void
+# faith is made empty, and the promise does nothing
 
 "faith has no value, and the promise is meaningless"
 

rom/05/03.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The word "this" refers to the ideas described in [Romans 5:1-2](./01.md).
 
 These words refer to all believers and should be inclusive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
 
-# tribulation produces perseverance
+# tribulation brings about perseverance
 
 "suffering helps us learn to endure"
 

rom/07/13.md

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ This refers to God's law.
 
 This expression gives the strongest possible negative answer to the preceding rhetorical question. You may have a similar expression in your language that you could use here. Alternate translation: "Of course that is not true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
 
-# sin ... produced death in me
+# sin ... brought about death in me
 
 Paul speaks of sin as though it were a person who could act. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
 
-# produced death in me
+# brought about death in me
 
 Paul speaks of being separated from God as if he were literally dead. Alternate translation: "separated me from God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 

rom/08/27.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# He who searches the hearts knows
+# He who searches out the hearts knows
 
-Here "He" refers to God. Here "hearts" is a metonym for a person's thoughts and emotions. The phrase "searches the hearts" is a metaphor for examining thoughts and emotions. Alternate translation: "God, who knows all our thoughts and feelings, knows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Here "He" refers to God. Here "hearts" is a metonym for a person's thoughts and emotions. The phrase "searches out the hearts" is a metaphor for examining thoughts and emotions. Alternate translation: "God, who knows what all our thoughts and feelings are, knows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])