Romans 9:31-33

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Romans 9:31 tn Or “who pursued.” The participle could be taken adverbially or adjectivally.
2. Romans 9:31 tn Or “a legal righteousness,” that is, a righteousness based on law. This translation would treat the genitive δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosunēs) as an attributed genitive (see ExSyn 89-91).
3. Romans 9:31 tn Grk “has not attained unto the law.”
4. Romans 9:32 tn Grk “Why? Because not by faith but as though by works.” The verb (“they pursued [it]”) is to be supplied from the preceding verse for the sake of English style; yet a certain literary power is seen in Paul’s laconic style.
5. Romans 9:32 tc Most mss, especially the later ones (א² D Ψ 33 1175 1241 1505 2464 M sy), read νόμου (nomou, “of the law”) here, echoing Paul’s usage in Rom 3:20, 28 and elsewhere. The qualifying phrase is lacking in א* A B F G 6 629 630 1739 1881 lat co. The longer reading thus is weaker externally and internally, apparently being motivated by a need to clarify.tn Grk “but as by works.”
6. Romans 9:32 tn Grk “the stone of stumbling.”
7. Romans 9:33 tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.”
8. Romans 9:33 sn A quotation from Isa 28:16; 8:14.