translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ROM

label: NET translator note

text: Grk “by God.”


text: Grk “the authority,” referring to the authority just described.


text: Grk “its wrath”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Grk “because of (the) conscience,” but the English possessive “your” helps to show whose conscience the context implies.


text: Grk “they”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Grk “devoted to this very thing.”


text: Grk “For the…” (with the word “commandments” supplied for clarity). The Greek article (“the”) is used here as a substantiver to introduce the commands that are quoted from the second half of the Decalogue ( ExSyn 238).


text: Grk “and this,” probably referring to the command to love ( 13:8-10 ); hence, “do” is implied from the previous verses.


text: The participle εἰδότες ( eidotes ) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.


text: Grk “make no provision for the flesh unto desires.”