ἔλθῃ (elthe) in Romans 3:8: Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive

Verb: the word names an action or event, here expressed as coming or going in the clause.

Second Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Subjunctive: often presents potential, purpose, exhortation, or contingency. The clause decides the force.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is marked as singular in person agreement, so it points to one subject in the clause.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

ἵνα

The form follows ἵνα and is governed by that purpose clause, so it presents the coming as the intended result of the action just stated.

It expresses the hoped-for or alleged outcome in the speech reported in the verse: that good may come.

It does not by itself state that the event actually happens, and it does not turn the sentence into a declaration of fact.

High: The form carries the supposed result in a rejected moral argument, so it helps readers avoid mistaking Paul's quotation for approval.

Third-person singular second aorist active subjunctive in a hina clause. states the alleged result, that good may come, which Paul rejects as condemnable reasoning. Attached to the quoted claim, 'let us do evil'. Governed by the hina clause within the reported slogan. The clause must be read inside the reported and rejected argument, not as Paul endorsing the result.

What supposed result does the rejected slogan claim? It claims that good may come from doing evil.

Direct: The subjunctive directly supports renderings such as "that good may come."

The aorist does not make the coming of good a guaranteed or approved event. The third-person singular form refers to the singular idea of good coming, not to a personal actor. The moral force comes from Paul's rejection of the slogan, not from the subjunctive alone.

Purpose clause means moral approval: The purpose/result clause belongs to a quoted abuse that Paul rejects, so it must not be used to justify evil. aorist means once-for-all result: The aorist presents the result as a whole idea in the slogan; it does not add a once-for-all doctrinal claim.

The witness reads ἔλθῃ in Romans 3:8 within the phrase ἵνα ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀγαθά, so the form is tied to the purpose clause in the immediate context.

The lemma is ἔρχομαι, a common verb for coming or going, and this occurrence uses that basic idea without changing the lemma's identity.

Its subjunctive mood fits the ἵνα clause and frames good as something presented as the intended outcome, not as a statement being affirmed by the speaker.

The verse rejects the dishonest logic that evil should be done so that good may result, and this verb helps show that logic as claimed reasoning, not endorsed teaching.

The form fits the passage's broader moral argument by supporting the contrast between wrongful means and supposed good ends.

For readers, the grammar signals a proposed outcome under dispute, so translation should preserve the purpose sense without making it sound like a factual result.

Do not derive certainty of fulfillment, divine approval, or a doctrinal conclusion from the verb form alone.