Rom 7:7-9 : 7 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.7",
"source": "Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; ὁ νόμος ἁμαρτία; Μὴ γένοιτο. Ἀλλὰ, τὴν ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔγνων, εἰ μὴ διὰ νόμου: τήν τε γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαν οὐκ ᾔδειν, εἰ μὴ ὁ νόμος ἔλεγεν, Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις.",
"text": "What then shall we *eroumen*? The *nomos* is *hamartia*? *Mē genoito*. But, the *hamartian* I did not *egnōn*, except through *nomou*: for the *epithymian* I had not *ēdein*, except the *nomos* was saying, You shall not *epithymēseis*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ti oun*": "interrogative pronoun + conjunction - what then",
"*eroumen*": "future indicative active, 1st person plural - we will say",
"*ho nomos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the law",
"*hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - sin",
"*Mē genoito*": "aorist optative middle, 3rd person singular + negative - may it not be/let it not be",
"*tēn hamartian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the sin",
"*ouk egnōn*": "aorist indicative active, 1st person singular + negative - I did not know",
"*ei mē*": "conditional expression - except/if not",
"*dia nomou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - through law",
"*tēn te gar epithymian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - for the lust/desire",
"*ouk ēdein*": "pluperfect indicative active, 1st person singular + negative - I had not known",
"*ho nomos elegen*": "imperfect indicative active, 3rd person singular - the law was saying",
"*Ouk epithymēseis*": "future indicative active, 2nd person singular + negative - You shall not covet/desire"
},
"variants": {
"*nomos*": "law/Torah/legal code",
"*hamartia*": "sin/moral failure/offense",
"*Mē genoito*": "may it never be/certainly not/God forbid",
"*egnōn*": "knew/recognized/understood",
"*epithymian*": "desire/lust/craving/coveting",
"*ēdein*": "had known/understood/been aware of",
"*epithymēseis*": "you shall covet/desire/crave wrongfully"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.8",
"source": "Ἀφορμὴν δὲ λαβοῦσα ἡ ἁμαρτία, διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς, κατειργάσατο ἐν ἐμοὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν. Χωρὶς γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία νεκρά.",
"text": "But *aphormēn labhousa hē hamartia*, through the *entolēs*, *kateirgasato en emoi pasan epithymian*. For *chōris nomou hamartia nekra*.",
"grammar": {
"*Aphormēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - opportunity/occasion/starting point",
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and",
"*labhousa*": "aorist active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having taken",
"*hē hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - the sin",
"*dia tēs entolēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - through the commandment",
"*kateirgasato*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - worked/produced/accomplished",
"*en emoi*": "dative, 1st person singular - in me",
"*pasan epithymian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - all desire/every kind of desire",
"*Chōris*": "preposition + genitive - apart from/without",
"*gar*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*nomou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - law",
"*hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - sin",
"*nekra*": "adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - dead"
},
"variants": {
"*aphormēn*": "opportunity/occasion/base of operations/starting point",
"*labhousa*": "taking/seizing/grasping",
"*hamartia*": "sin/moral failure/wrongdoing",
"*entolēs*": "commandment/precept/order",
"*kateirgasato*": "produced/accomplished/worked out/brought about",
"*epithymian*": "desire/lust/craving/coveting",
"*chōris*": "apart from/without/separated from",
"*nekra*": "dead/lifeless/powerless"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.9",
"source": "Ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ: ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν,",
"text": "And I *ezōn chōris nomou pote*: but *elthousēs tēs entolēs*, *hē hamartia anezēsen*,",
"grammar": {
"*Egō*": "pronoun, nominative, 1st person singular - I",
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and",
"*ezōn*": "imperfect indicative active, 1st person singular - was living/was alive",
"*chōris nomou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - without law",
"*pote*": "temporal adverb - once/formerly",
"*elthousēs*": "aorist active participle, genitive, feminine, singular - having come",
"*tēs entolēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - the commandment",
"*hē hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - the sin",
"*anezēsen*": "aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - came to life/revived"
},
"variants": {
"*ezōn*": "was living/was alive/existed",
"*chōris*": "apart from/without/separated from",
"*nomou*": "law/Torah/code",
"*pote*": "once/at one time/formerly",
"*elthousēs*": "having come/arrived/appeared",
"*entolēs*": "commandment/precept/order",
"*anezēsen*": "came to life/revived/sprang to life/became active"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.10",
"source": "ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον. ⋄Καὶ εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολὴ, ἡ εἰς ζωήν, αὕτη εἰς θάνατον.",
"text": "but I *apethanon*. And *heurethē moi hē entolē*, the one unto *zōēn*, *hautē* unto *thanaton*.",
"grammar": {
"*egō de*": "nominative, 1st person singular + conjunction - but I",
"*apethanon*": "aorist indicative active, 1st person singular - I died",
"*Kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*heurethē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was found",
"*moi*": "dative, 1st person singular - to me/for me",
"*hē entolē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - the commandment",
"*hē eis zōēn*": "articular prepositional phrase - the one for life",
"*hautē*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this same",
"*eis thanaton*": "prepositional phrase - for death"
},
"variants": {
"*apethanon*": "died/perished/became dead",
"*heurethē*": "was found/discovered/proven to be",
"*entolē*": "commandment/precept/order",
"*zōēn*": "life/existence",
"*hautē*": "this same/this very",
"*thanaton*": "death/mortality"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.11",
"source": "Ἡ γὰρ ἁμαρτία, ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἐξηπάτησέν με, καὶ διʼ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν.",
"text": "For *hē hamartia*, *aphormēn labhousa dia tēs entolēs*, *exēpatēsen me*, and through *autēs apekteinen*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hē gar hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - for the sin",
"*aphormēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - opportunity/occasion",
"*labhousa*": "aorist active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having taken",
"*dia tēs entolēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - through the commandment",
"*exēpatēsen*": "aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - deceived/seduced",
"*me*": "accusative, 1st person singular - me",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*di' autēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - through it",
"*apekteinen*": "aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - killed"
},
"variants": {
"*hamartia*": "sin/wrongdoing",
"*aphormēn*": "opportunity/occasion/starting point/base of operations",
"*labhousa*": "taking/seizing/grasping",
"*entolēs*": "commandment/precept",
"*exēpatēsen*": "deceived/thoroughly deceived/seduced/beguiled",
"*apekteinen*": "killed/put to death/slew"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.12",
"source": "Ὥστε ὁ μὲν νόμος ἅγιος, καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία, καὶ δικαία, καὶ ἀγαθή.",
"text": "So that the *men nomos hagios*, and the *entolē hagia*, and *dikaia*, and *agathē*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hōste*": "conjunction - so that/therefore",
"*ho men nomos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the law (with *men* anticipating a contrast)",
"*hagios*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - holy",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*hē entolē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - the commandment",
"*hagia*": "adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - holy",
"*dikaia*": "adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - righteous/just",
"*agathē*": "adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - good"
},
"variants": {
"*nomos*": "law/Torah/code",
"*hagios/hagia*": "holy/set apart/sacred",
"*dikaia*": "righteous/just/upright",
"*agathē*": "good/beneficial/useful"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.13",
"source": "Τὸ οὖν ἀγαθὸν ἐμοὶ γέγονεν θάνατος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Ἀλλὰ ἡ ἁμαρτία, ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτία, διὰ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοι κατεργαζομένη θάνατον· ἵνα γένηται καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς.",
"text": "The *oun agathon emoi gegonen thanatos*? *Mē genoito*. But *hē hamartia*, that *phanē hamartia*, through the *agathou moi katergazomenē thanaton*; that might *genētai kath' hyperbolēn hamartōlos hē hamartia dia tēs entolēs*.",
"grammar": {
"*To oun agathon*": "nominative, neuter, singular - the good thing therefore",
"*emoi*": "dative, 1st person singular - to me",
"*gegonen*": "perfect indicative active, 3rd person singular - has become",
"*thanatos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - death",
"*Mē genoito*": "aorist optative middle, 3rd person singular + negative - may it not be",
"*Alla hē hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - but the sin",
"*hina*": "conjunction - in order that/so that",
"*phanē*": "aorist subjunctive passive, 3rd person singular - might appear/be shown",
"*hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - sin",
"*dia tou agathou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - through the good thing",
"*moi*": "dative, 1st person singular - to me",
"*katergazomenē*": "present middle participle, nominative, feminine, singular - working/producing",
"*thanaton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - death",
"*hina*": "conjunction - in order that",
"*genētai*": "aorist subjunctive middle, 3rd person singular - might become",
"*kath' hyperbolēn*": "adverbial phrase - exceedingly/beyond measure",
"*hamartōlos*": "adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - sinful",
"*hē hamartia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - the sin",
"*dia tēs entolēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - through the commandment"
},
"variants": {
"*agathon*": "good thing/good object/what is good",
"*gegonen*": "has become/turned into",
"*thanatos*": "death/mortality",
"*Mē genoito*": "may it never be/certainly not/God forbid",
"*phanē*": "might appear/be shown/become visible",
"*katergazomenē*": "working/producing/bringing about/accomplishing",
"*kath' hyperbolēn*": "exceedingly/beyond measure/excessively",
"*hamartōlos*": "sinful/full of sin/utterly sinful",
"*entolēs*": "commandment/precept"
}
}