Greek Form Guide

ἔνδικόν (endikon) in Romans 3:8: Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter

ἔνδικόν (endikon) in Romans 3:8

Textual Witness

ἔνδικόνendikonAdjective Nominative Singular Neuter

At Romans 3:8, the Romans 3:8 source token ἔνδικόν is G1738, A-NSN. The G1738 Romans 3:8 Textus Receptus row therefore anchors this guide.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

Deserved expresses the just or fitting character predicated of the condemnation. Paul refuses consequentialist distortion of the gospel. Evil does not become permissible because God can overrule it for good.

How To Communicate It

Use the agreement to locate what is called just: the condemnation of the slanderous moral claim, not the evil action proposed by that claim.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Do not make grammatical agreement establish the whole basis of final judgment, and do not broaden their beyond the people described in the sentence.
  • English deserved shifts from an adjective of justice to a judgment of fittingness, but it serves the clause naturally.
  • Read deserved within Romans 3:8 as the G1738 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.

What Does The Label Mean?

Part of Speech

Adjective: ἔνδικόν supplies the quality expressed as deserved in Romans 3:8, where it the adjective agrees with condemnation and states that the adverse judgment fits the moral character of the slanderous reasoning.

Tense / Aspect

Adjective ἔνδικόν carries no verbal tense or aspect in Romans 3:8; deserved is determined by its clause relation.

Voice

For G1738 at Romans 3:8, no voice category is encoded by G1738. Its deserved agreement with the neuter singular noun krima, condemnation or judgment supplies the local relation.

Mood

ἔνδικόν has no mood marking. Its force belongs to Paul's verdict on those who slanderously attribute the maxim let us do evil that good may result to his teaching.

Person

G1738 at Romans 3:8 has no person marking. Its deserved agreement connects G1738 with the neuter singular noun krima, condemnation or judgment.

Case

Nominative aligns ἔνδικόν with the neuter singular noun krima, condemnation or judgment; case identifies that relation without deciding the paragraph's theology.

Number

Singular matches the neuter singular noun krima, condemnation or judgment. The Romans 3:8 wording, not number alone, fixes the expression's reach.

Gender

Neuter follows the neuter singular noun krima, condemnation or judgment. The Romans 3:8 grammatical match adds no separate claim beyond that clause.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

To krima, their condemnation, as its neuter singular predicate

Governed By

Paul's verdict on those who slanderously attribute the maxim let us do evil that good may result to his teaching

Role In The Phrase

The adjective agrees with condemnation and states that the adverse judgment fits the moral character of the slanderous reasoning.

What It Is Not Doing

Neuter agreement identifies the judgment as just; it does not give readers authority to pronounce final condemnation on every opponent of Paul.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: Paul refuses consequentialist distortion of the gospel. Evil does not become permissible because God can overrule it for good.

Syntax Profile

The predicate adjective matches krima in case, number, and gender and completes the assertion that their condemnation is just.. The adjective agrees with condemnation and states that the adverse judgment fits the moral character of the slanderous reasoning.. Attached to to krima, their condemnation, as its neuter singular predicate. Governed by Paul's verdict on those who slanderously attribute the maxim let us do evil that good may result to his teaching. Neuter agreement identifies the judgment as just; it does not give readers authority to pronounce final condemnation on every opponent of Paul.

Reader Question

What does Paul call just or deserved at the close of Romans 3:8? The adjective describes the condemnation belonging to those who slanderously promote the claim that evil should be done for good results.

Translation Effect

Direct: Deserved expresses the just or fitting character predicated of the condemnation.

Where Caution Is Needed

English deserved shifts from an adjective of justice to a judgment of fittingness, but it serves the clause naturally. The antecedent of their is supplied by the slanderers in the preceding words, not by every sinner mentioned in Romans 3.

Fallacies To Avoid

Neuter form broadens the condemned group: Agreement with krima identifies the predicate relation but does not expand the pronoun's antecedent. good consequences justify wrongdoing: Paul condemns that reasoning rather than permitting an evil means under providence. morphology replaces literary context: The G1738 form clarifies the deserved relation in Romans 3:8; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

At Romans 3:8, the Romans 3:8 source token ἔνδικόν is G1738, A-NSN. The G1738 Romans 3:8 Textus Receptus row therefore anchors this guide.

Lexical Identity

ἔνδικος is the lemma behind deserved here. Within Romans 3:8, G1738 retains this exact lexical identity.

Grammar In Context

The predicate adjective matches krima in case, number, and gender and completes the assertion that their condemnation is just.

Passage Meaning

Paul refuses consequentialist distortion of the gospel. Evil does not become permissible because God can overrule it for good.

Canonical Fit

The verdict accords with Romans' insistence that God's righteous judgment and grace never authorize sin as a means to a desirable end.

Communication Use

Use the agreement to locate what is called just: the condemnation of the slanderous moral claim, not the evil action proposed by that claim.

Do Not Derive

Do not make grammatical agreement establish the whole basis of final judgment, and do not broaden their beyond the people described in the sentence.