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"
}
}