Greek Form Guide

ἀληθής, (alethes) in Romans 3:4: Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine

ἀληθής, (alethes) in Romans 3:4

Textual Witness

ἀληθής,alethesAdjective Nominative Singular Masculine

At Romans 3:4, the Romans 3:4 source token ἀληθής, is G227, A-NSM. The G227 Romans 3:4 Textus Receptus row therefore anchors this guide.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

True directly represents the predicate adjective that Paul affirms of God. Human faithlessness cannot make God's covenant word unreliable. Paul's forceful contrast vindicates God and leaves human contradiction under His judgment.

How To Communicate It

Present the adjective as part of Paul's God-centered answer to unbelief: human failure exposes our need, but it never destabilizes God's character or promise.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Do not use the nominative agreement as a complete doctrine of divine truthfulness, and do not make Paul's contrast deny common grace or truthful human speech.
  • Let God be true is an emphatic affirmation, not a suggestion that God's truth depends on a new condition.
  • Read true within Romans 3:4 as the G227 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.

What Does The Label Mean?

Part of Speech

Adjective: ἀληθής, supplies the quality expressed as true in Romans 3:4, where it the nominative masculine adjective serves as the predicate quality affirmed of God in contrast with every human being as a liar.

Tense / Aspect

Adjective ἀληθής, carries no verbal tense or aspect in Romans 3:4; true is determined by its clause relation.

Voice

For G227 at Romans 3:4, no voice category is encoded by G227. Its true agreement with God as the masculine singular subject of the clause supplies the local relation.

Mood

ἀληθής, has no mood marking. Its force belongs to Paul's rejection of the suggestion that human unfaithfulness could nullify God's faithfulness.

Person

G227 at Romans 3:4 has no person marking. Its true agreement connects G227 with God as the masculine singular subject of the clause.

Case

Nominative aligns ἀληθής, with God as the masculine singular subject of the clause; case identifies that relation without deciding the paragraph's theology.

Number

Singular matches God as the masculine singular subject of the clause. The Romans 3:4 wording, not number alone, fixes the expression's reach.

Gender

Masculine follows God as the masculine singular subject of the clause. The Romans 3:4 grammatical match adds no separate claim beyond that clause.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

The subject ho Theos within the appeal let God be true

Governed By

Paul's rejection of the suggestion that human unfaithfulness could nullify God's faithfulness

Role In The Phrase

The nominative masculine adjective serves as the predicate quality affirmed of God in contrast with every human being as a liar.

What It Is Not Doing

The adjective does not imply that God becomes truthful through human recognition or that every human statement is false in the same sense.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: Human faithlessness cannot make God's covenant word unreliable. Paul's forceful contrast vindicates God and leaves human contradiction under His judgment.

Syntax Profile

Its masculine singular nominative form agrees with God and places true in the predicate assertion framed by let God be.. The nominative masculine adjective serves as the predicate quality affirmed of God in contrast with every human being as a liar.. Attached to the subject ho Theos within the appeal let God be true. Governed by Paul's rejection of the suggestion that human unfaithfulness could nullify God's faithfulness. The adjective does not imply that God becomes truthful through human recognition or that every human statement is false in the same sense.

Reader Question

Whom does the adjective true describe in Paul's emphatic contrast? It is the predicate description of God, whose faithfulness stands even when human beings prove unfaithful.

Translation Effect

Direct: True directly represents the predicate adjective that Paul affirms of God.

Where Caution Is Needed

Let God be true is an emphatic affirmation, not a suggestion that God's truth depends on a new condition. Every man a liar is a contrastive generalization within the argument, not a denial that people can utter true statements.

Fallacies To Avoid

Predicate makes truth conferred: The construction affirms God's truthfulness; it does not portray people as granting that quality to Him. contrast erases every human truth: Paul contrasts divine reliability with human unfaithfulness in this argument rather than classifying every human sentence. morphology replaces literary context: The G227 form clarifies the true relation in Romans 3:4; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

At Romans 3:4, the Romans 3:4 source token ἀληθής, is G227, A-NSM. The G227 Romans 3:4 Textus Receptus row therefore anchors this guide.

Lexical Identity

ἀληθής is the lemma behind true here. Within Romans 3:4, G227 retains this exact lexical identity.

Grammar In Context

Its masculine singular nominative form agrees with God and places true in the predicate assertion framed by let God be.

Passage Meaning

Human faithlessness cannot make God's covenant word unreliable. Paul's forceful contrast vindicates God and leaves human contradiction under His judgment.

Canonical Fit

The citation that follows places God's truthfulness within the scriptural pattern of God being shown righteous when He speaks and judges.

Communication Use

Present the adjective as part of Paul's God-centered answer to unbelief: human failure exposes our need, but it never destabilizes God's character or promise.

Do Not Derive

Do not use the nominative agreement as a complete doctrine of divine truthfulness, and do not make Paul's contrast deny common grace or truthful human speech.