βλασφημούμεθα, (blasphemoumetha) in Romans 3:8: Verb First Person Plural Present Passive Indicative

Verb: the form describes hostile or dishonoring speech directed against Paul and those represented by we.

Present: portrays the slander as a report circulating in the argumentative situation. It does not specify how often each accuser spoke.

Passive: the first-person plural speakers receive the verbal attack; they are not the ones performing the slander in this clause.

Indicative: reports the misrepresentation as something being done to the speakers, while the surrounding comparison identifies its content.

First person: includes the speaker among those being spoken against and distinguishes them from the τινες, some people, who make the claim.

Not applicable: this finite verb has no noun case.

Plural: the target is we, corresponding to the later accusative ἡμᾶς in the report about what some say.

Not applicable: grammatical gender is not expressed by this finite form.

The passive verb appears inside a καθὼς comparison and is paired with the clause in which some claim that ἡμᾶς, us, say the quoted words.

Paul's rhetorical question rejecting the charge that one should do evil so good may come.

It labels the hostile character of the report before the verse names its false content.

It does not identify Paul as the slanderer, endorse the quoted proposal, or settle the accusers' identity.

High: The passive predicate marks the quoted ethical distortion as slander against Paul rather than apostolic instruction.

Parenthetical first-person plural passive predicate. states that Paul and his associates are being spoken against. Attached to the implied first-person plural subject and the following comparative report. Governed by the καθὼς parenthesis in Romans 3:8. The later τινες names the people making the report, preserving distinct participants.

Does the call to do evil so good may come belong to Paul's teaching? No. The passive verb first identifies Paul and his associates as targets of slander, and the verse condemns the quoted reasoning.

Direct: The passive morphology directly requires a recipient-oriented rendering such as we are slandered or we are spoken against.

The present aspect does not quantify the number or duration of the accusations. The first-person plural identifies the targets but does not list every person included. The exact English choice may vary, but the hostile passive direction must remain.

Quotation equals authorial endorsement: The passive slander label and final condemnation explicitly reject that attribution. passive verb hides all participant distinctions: The recipients are we, while some people are later named as the reporting subject. present tense proves constant universal accusation: The form reports an existing charge without specifying its total frequency or reach.

Romans 3:8 has καθὼς βλασφημούμεθα, with the verb tagged V-PPI-1P before the coordinated report of what some people say.

The lemma βλασφημέω names harmful, insulting, or impious speech. Passive voice places that speech against the first-person plural speakers here.

The passive predicate and the later ἡμᾶς share the same targeted group, while τινες serves as the subject of the reporting verb. This distinguishes the people accused from the people who make the accusation.

Paul rejects the distortion that his argument licenses doing evil for a good result and states that the condemnation of those who promote such reasoning is deserved.

The immediate argument defends God's truth and righteous judgment; grace cannot be recast as permission to practice evil.

Signal that the quotation is a hostile report before reading it, then let Paul's final judgment show his position clearly.

Do not collapse the passive recipients into the active accusers, or quote the proposed wrongdoing as though Paul commands it.