Rom 3:1-3 : 1 {
"verseID": "Romans.3.1",
"source": "¶Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου; ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια τῆς περιτομῆς;",
"text": "*Ti* therefore the *perisson* of the *Ioudaiou*? or what the *ōpheleia* of the *peritomēs*?",
"grammar": {
"*Ti*": "interrogative pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular - what",
"*oun*": "inferential particle - therefore/then",
"*perisson*": "adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - advantage/superiority",
"*Ioudaiou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of Jewish person",
"*ē*": "disjunctive particle - or",
"*tis*": "interrogative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - what",
"*ōpheleia*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - benefit/advantage",
"*peritomēs*": "noun, genitive, feminine, singular - of circumcision"
},
"variants": {
"*perisson*": "advantage/surplus/excess/what is special",
"*Ioudaiou*": "Jew/Jewish person/Judean",
"*ōpheleia*": "benefit/profit/advantage/usefulness"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Romans.3.2",
"source": "Πολὺ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον: πρῶτον, μὲν γὰρ ὅτι ἐπιστεύθησαν τὰ λόγια τοῦ Θεοῦ.",
"text": "*Poly kata panta tropon*: *prōton men gar hoti episteuthēsan ta logia tou Theou*.",
"grammar": {
"*Poly*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, singular - much/great",
"*kata*": "preposition + accusative - according to",
"*panta*": "adjective, accusative, masculine, singular - every/all",
"*tropon*": "noun, accusative, masculine, singular - way/manner",
"*prōton*": "adverb - firstly/in the first place",
"*men*": "particle marking contrast with unstated *de* - indeed/on one hand",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that/because",
"*episteuthēsan*": "verb, aorist passive, 3rd person plural - they were entrusted with",
"*ta logia*": "noun, nominative/accusative, neuter, plural - the oracles/words",
"*tou Theou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of God"
},
"variants": {
"*Poly*": "much/great/many",
"*tropon*": "way/manner/mode/method",
"*episteuthēsan*": "were entrusted with/were believed/were trusted with",
"*logia*": "oracles/sayings/utterances/divine words"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Romans.3.3",
"source": "Τί γὰρ εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες; μὴ ἡ ἀπιστία αὐτῶν τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καταργήσει;",
"text": "*Ti gar ei ēpistēsan tines*? *mē hē apistia autōn tēn pistin tou Theou katargēsei*?",
"grammar": {
"*Ti*": "interrogative pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular - what",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because",
"*ei*": "conditional particle - if",
"*ēpistēsan*": "verb, aorist active, 3rd person plural - they were unfaithful/disbelieved",
"*tines*": "indefinite pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - some",
"*mē*": "negative particle expecting negative answer - not",
"*hē apistia*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - the unfaithfulness/unbelief",
"*autōn*": "pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - of them",
"*tēn pistin*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - the faithfulness/faith",
"*tou Theou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*katargēsei*": "verb, future active, 3rd person singular - will nullify/make ineffective"
},
"variants": {
"*ēpistēsan*": "were unfaithful/disbelieved/were unbelieving",
"*apistia*": "unfaithfulness/unbelief/faithlessness",
"*pistin*": "faithfulness/faith/trustworthiness",
"*katargēsei*": "nullify/make ineffective/invalidate/render inoperative"
}
}