Romans
Romans 3:5
5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| if | Εἰ | Ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| our | ἡμῶν | hēmōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| unrighteousness | ἀδικία | adikia | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G93 unrighteousness |
| highlights | συνίστησιν | synistēsin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4921 I commend, prove, am composed of, cohere |
| the righteousness | δικαιοσύνην | dikaiosynēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1343 justice, justness, righteousness |
| of God | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| what | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| shall we say | ἐροῦμεν | eroumen | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G2046 I say, speak |
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| unjust | ἄδικος | adikos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G94 unjust, unrighteous |
| to inflict | ἐπιφέρων | epipherōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2018 I bring forward against |
| wrath | ὀργήν | orgēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3709 anger, wrath, passion |
| I am speaking | λέγω | legō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| in | κατὰ | kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| human terms | ἄνθρωπον | anthrōpon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G444 a man, one of the human race |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 6:19 · Galatians 3:15 · Romans 2:5 · Romans 9:18–20 · 1 Corinthians 9:8 · Romans 4:1 · Deuteronomy 32:39–43 · Nahum 1:2 · Romans 7:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.