Romans
Romans 3:7–8
7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner? 8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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Romans 3:7
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| However | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| if | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| my | ἐμῷ | emō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Neuter 1st Person Singular | G1699 mine |
| falsehood | ψεύσματι | pseusmati | Noun - Dative Neuter Singular | G5582 a falsehood, lie |
| accentuates | ἐπερίσσευσεν | eperisseusen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4052 I exceed, am left over |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| truthfulness | ἀλήθεια | alētheia | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G225 truth |
| to the increase | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| of His | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| glory | δόξαν | doxan | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1391 honor, renown, glory splendor |
| why | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| I | κἀγὼ | kagō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G2504 I also, I too |
| still | ἔτι | eti | Adverb | G2089 still, yet, even now |
| condemned | κρίνομαι | krinomai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular | G2919 I judge, decide, think good |
| as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| a sinner | ἁμαρτωλὸς | hamartōlos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G268 sinning, sinful, a sinner |
Romans 3:8
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| as | καθὼς | kathōs | Adverb | G2531 just as, as |
| some | τινες | tines | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5100 any one, some one |
| slanderously | βλασφημούμεθα | blasphēmoumetha | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural | G987 I speak evil against, blaspheme |
| claim | φασίν | phasin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G5346 I say |
| we | ἡμᾶς | hēmas | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| say | λέγειν | legein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G3004 I say, speak |
| Let us do | Ποιήσωμεν | Poiēsōmen | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G4160 I do, make |
| evil | κακὰ | kaka | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2556 bad, evil |
| that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| good | ἀγαθά | agatha | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G18 good |
| may result | ἔλθῃ | elthē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| Their | ὧν | hōn | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| condemnation | κρίμα | krima | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G2917 a judgment, verdict, lawsuit |
| is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| deserved | ἔνδικόν | endikon | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G1738 righteous, just |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 3:7 Romans 3:4 · Romans 9:19–20
Romans 3:8 Romans 6:1 · Romans 6:15 · Romans 7:7 · Romans 5:20
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.