Ποιήσωμεν (Poiesomen) in Romans 3:8: Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive

Verb: the form names an action or proposal to act, and here it is a finite verbal form.

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.

First person: the speaker or speakers are grammatically involved in the verbal form.

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

Plural: the form is grammatically plural and presents the action as spoken in the first person group.

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

Ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακὰ

The form is tied to the quoted proposal after ὅτι and is shaped by ἵνα ἔλθῃ, so it functions as part of a reported purpose claim.

It expresses a first-person plural suggestion or resolution, 'let us do,' within the reported speech about doing evil so that good may come.

It does not itself state a fact, command the readers directly, or settle the moral claim as true.

High: The first-person subjunctive forms the rejected proposal, so it is essential for distinguishing reported slander from Paul's teaching.

First-person plural aorist active subjunctive in reported speech. voices a proposed course of action within the slogan Paul condemns. Attached to the phrase 'let us do evil'. Governed by the quoted claim and its hina result clause. The first-person plural does not invite the readers to join the action; it belongs to the reported and rejected argument.

What proposal is Paul reporting and rejecting? The proposal, "let us do evil," so that good may come.

Direct: The form directly supports an exhortational rendering such as "let us do" inside reported speech.

The subjunctive can sound exhortational here, but Paul's framing condemns the proposal. The aorist does not make the evil action a once-for-all or approved act. The first-person plural belongs to the quoted slogan and should not be treated as Paul giving a command.

Reported speech equals apostolic command: Paul reports the slogan in order to reject it; the grammar must be read inside that frame. subjunctive proposal makes the action permissible: The proposal form does not make the moral claim true; the sentence explicitly condemns the reasoning.

The witness places Ποιήσωμεν in Romans 3:8 inside a quoted statement about doing evil so that good may come.

The lemma ποιέω carries the broad sense of make or do, so the form here concerns acting, not a different lexical meaning.

The subjunctive and first-person plural frame a communal proposal or cited slogan, and the surrounding ἵνα clause shows the intended-result logic being reported.

Paul is recounting and rejecting a distorted argument that treats evil acts as acceptable if they are said to lead to good.

This fits the wider biblical pattern that moral reasoning cannot justify evil by appealing to a good outcome.

In translation and teaching, the form can be rendered as 'let us do evil' or 'we should do evil,' while keeping the quotation's ironic or reported character clear.

Do not derive approval, apostolic endorsement, or a general rule from the verb form alone.