5 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.5",
"source": "Ὅτε γὰρ ἦμεν ἐν τῇ σαρκί, τὰ παθήματα τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, τὰ διὰ τοῦ νόμου, ἐνηργεῖτο ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ἡμῶν εἰς τὸ καρποφορῆσαι τῷ θανάτῳ.",
"text": "For when we *ēmen en tē sarki*, the *pathēmata tōn hamartiōn*, the ones through the *nomou*, *enērgeito en tois melesin hēmōn* unto the *karpophorēsai tō thanatō*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hote*": "conjunction - when",
"*gar*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ēmen*": "imperfect indicative, 1st person plural - we were",
"*en tē sarki*": "dative, feminine, singular - in the flesh",
"*ta pathēmata*": "nominative, neuter, plural - the passions/sufferings",
"*tōn hamartiōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of the sins",
"*ta dia tou nomou*": "attributive phrase - the ones through the law",
"*enērgeito*": "imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - were working/were being operative",
"*en tois melesin hēmōn*": "dative, neuter, plural - in our members/body parts",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - for/unto",
"*to karpophorēsai*": "articular infinitive - the bearing fruit",
"*tō thanatō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to death"
},
"variants": {
"*sarki*": "flesh/physical body/sinful nature",
"*pathēmata*": "passions/sufferings/strong desires/impulses",
"*hamartiōn*": "sins/offenses/moral failures",
"*enērgeito*": "were working/operating/active/being aroused",
"*melesin*": "members/body parts/limbs",
"*karpophorēsai*": "to bear fruit/produce/yield",
"*thanatō*": "death/mortality"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.6",
"source": "Νυνὶ δὲ κατηργήθημεν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, ἀποθανόντες ἐν ᾧ κατειχόμεθα· ὥστε δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς ἐν καινότητι πνεύματος, καὶ οὐ παλαιότητι γράμματος.",
"text": "But *nyni* we were *katērgēthēmen apo tou nomou*, having *apothanontes en hō kateichometha*; *hōste douleuein hēmas en kainotēti pneumatos*, and not *palaiotēti grammatos*.",
"grammar": {
"*Nyni*": "temporal adverb - now",
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and",
"*katērgēthēmen*": "aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural - we were released/discharged",
"*apo tou nomou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - from the law",
"*apothanontes*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having died",
"*en hō*": "relative clause - in which",
"*kateichometha*": "imperfect passive indicative, 1st person plural - we were being held/restrained",
"*hōste*": "conjunction - so that/with the result that",
"*douleuein hēmas*": "present infinitive with accusative subject - for us to serve",
"*en kainotēti*": "dative, feminine, singular - in newness",
"*pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of spirit",
"*kai ou*": "conjunction + negative - and not",
"*palaiotēti*": "dative, feminine, singular - in oldness",
"*grammatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of letter/writing"
},
"variants": {
"*katērgēthēmen*": "we were released/delivered/freed/made ineffective",
"*apothanontes*": "having died/being dead to",
"*kateichometha*": "we were held/bound/restrained/confined",
"*douleuein*": "to serve/be enslaved to/be in service of",
"*kainotēti*": "newness/fresh way",
"*pneumatos*": "spirit/Spirit/spiritual nature",
"*palaiotēti*": "oldness/obsoleteness/antiquity",
"*grammatos*": "letter/written code/text"
}
}
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"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.14",
"source": "Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ὁ νόμος πνευματικός ἐστιν: ἐγὼ δὲ σαρκικός εἰμι, πεπραμένος ὑπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν.",
"text": "For we *oidamen* that the *nomos pneumatikos estin*: but I *sarkikos eimi*, having been *pepramenos hypo tēn hamartian*.",
"grammar": {
"*Oidamen*": "perfect indicative active, 1st person plural - we know",
"*gar*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that",
"*ho nomos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the law",
"*pneumatikos*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - spiritual",
"*estin*": "present indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*egō de*": "nominative, 1st person singular + conjunction - but I",
"*sarkikos*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - fleshly/carnal",
"*eimi*": "present indicative, 1st person singular - I am",
"*pepramenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been sold",
"*hypo tēn hamartian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - under the sin"
},
"variants": {
"*oidamen*": "we know/understand/perceive",
"*nomos*": "law/Torah/rule",
"*pneumatikos*": "spiritual/of the spirit/belonging to the spirit",
"*sarkikos*": "fleshly/carnal/of the flesh/belonging to the physical realm",
"*pepramenos*": "having been sold/enslaved/placed under control",
"*hypo tēn hamartian*": "under sin/under sin's control/subject to sin"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.15",
"source": "Ὃ γὰρ κατεργάζομαι οὐ γινώσκω: οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω, τοῦτο πράσσω· ἀλλʼ ὃ μισῶ, τοῦτο ποιῶ.",
"text": "For what I *katergazomai* I do not *ginōskō*: for not what I *thelō*, this I *prassō*; but what I *misō*, this I *poiō*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ho gar*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + conjunction - for what",
"*katergazomai*": "present indicative middle, 1st person singular - I accomplish/do/perform",
"*ou ginōskō*": "present indicative active, 1st person singular + negative - I do not know",
"*ou gar*": "negative + conjunction - for not",
"*ho thelō*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + present indicative active, 1st person singular - what I want/wish",
"*touto prassō*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + present indicative active, 1st person singular - this I practice",
"*all'*": "conjunction - but",
"*ho misō*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + present indicative active, 1st person singular - what I hate",
"*touto poiō*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + present indicative active, 1st person singular - this I do"
},
"variants": {
"*katergazomai*": "accomplish/perform/carry out/do",
"*ginōskō*": "know/understand/comprehend",
"*thelō*": "want/wish/desire",
"*prassō*": "practice/perform/habitually do",
"*misō*": "hate/detest",
"*poiō*": "do/make/perform"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Romans.7.16",
"source": "Εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω, τοῦτο ποιῶ σύμφημι τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλός.",
"text": "But if what I do not *thelō*, this I *poiō* I *symphēmi tō nomō* that it is *kalos*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ei de*": "conditional conjunction + conjunction - but if",
"*ho ou thelō*": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + negative + present indicative active, 1st person singular - what I do not want",
"*touto poiō*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular + present indicative active, 1st person singular - this I do",
"*symphēmi*": "present indicative active, 1st person singular - I agree with",
"*tō nomō*": "dative, masculine, singular - with the law",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that",
"*kalos*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - good/excellent"
},
"variants": {
"*thelō*": "want/wish/desire",
"*poiō*": "do/make/perform",
"*symphēmi*": "agree with/consent to/affirm together with",
"*nomō*": "law/Torah/code",
"*kalos*": "good/beautiful/excellent/noble"
}
}