Romans 3:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), {G3754} Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μή, (καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα, καὶ καθώς φασίν τινες ἡμᾶς λέγειν,) ὅτι Ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ, ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά; ὧν τὸ κρίμα ἔνδικόν ἐστιν.

Transliteration

Kai mē, (kathōs blasphēmoumetha, kai kathōs phasin tines hēmas legein,) hoti Poiēsōmen ta kaka, hina elthē ta agatha? hōn to krima endikon estin.

Grammar Details

*Kai*: conjunction - and
*mē*: negative particle - not
*kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
*blasphēmoumetha*: verb, present passive, 1st person plural - we are blasphemed/slandered
*kai*: conjunction - and
*phasin*: verb, present active, 3rd person plural - they say
*tines*: indefinite pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - some
*hēmas*: pronoun, accusative, plural - us
*legein*: verb, present active infinitive - to say
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*Poiēsōmen*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural - let us do
*ta kaka*: adjective, accusative, neuter, plural - the evil things
*hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
*elthē*: verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - may come
*ta agatha*: adjective, nominative/accusative, neuter, plural - the good things
*hōn*: relative pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - of whom
*to krima*: noun, nominative, neuter, singular - the judgment/condemnation
*endikon*: adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - just/righteous
*estin*: verb, present active, 3rd person singular - is

Word Meanings

*blasphēmoumetha*: are blasphemed/are slandered/are spoken against
*phasin*: say/claim/assert
*Poiēsōmen*: let us do/may we do/should we do
*kaka*: evil things/bad things/harmful things
*agatha*: good things/benefits/blessings
*krima*: judgment/condemnation/sentence
*endikon*: just/righteous/deserved/fair

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 6:1 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
1 Pet 3:16-17 : 16 having a good conscience; that, wherein {G1722} ye are spoken against, {G5613} {G2555} they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master {G2316} and {G2257} Lord, Jesus Christ.
Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

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