G3588–ὁ–ho

you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?

ὁ ho “You who [are]”ὁ ho “You who [are]”

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you plunder their temples?

ὁ ho “You who [are]”ὁ ho “You who [are]”τὰ ta “<the>”

You who make your boast in the Law, do you offend against its commands and so dishonour God?

τῆς tēs “the”τοῦ tou “of the”τὸν ton “<the>”

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentile nations because of you, as Holy Writ declares.

τὸ to “<the>”τοῦ tou “<the>”τοῖς tois “the”

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you obey the Law; but if you are a Law-breaker, the fact that you have been circumcised counts for nothing.

ἡ hē “the”

In the same way if an uncircumcised man pays attention to the just requirements of the Law, shall not his lack of circumcision be overlooked, and,

ἡ hē “the”τὰ ta “the”τοῦ tou “of the”ἡ hē “the”

although he is a Gentile by birth, if he scrupulously obeys the Law, shall he not sit in judgement upon you who, possessing, as you do, a written Law and circumcision, are yet a Law-breaker?

ἡ hē “the”τὸν ton “the”τὸν ton “who”

For the true Jew is not the man who is simply a Jew outwardly, and true circumcision is not that which is outward and bodily.

ὁ ho “the [one]”τῷ tō “the”ἡ hē “the [one]”τῷ tō “the”

But the true Jew is one inwardly, and true circumcision is heart-circumcision--not literal, but spiritual; and such people receive praise not from men, but from God.

ὁ ho “he who [is]”τῷ tō “the”ὁ ho “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

What special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or what benefit is to be derived from circumcision?

τὸ to “the”τοῦ tou “of the”ἡ hē “the”τῆς tēs “of the”

The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

τὰ ta “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless?

ἡ hē “the”τὴν tēn “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

No, indeed; let us hold God to be true, though every man should prove to be false. As it stands written, "That Thou mayest be shown to be just in the sentence Thou pronouncest, and gain Thy cause when Thou contendest."

ὁ ho “<the>”τοῖς tois “the”τῷ tō “<the>”

But if our unrighteousness sets God's righteousness in a clearer light, what shall we say? (Is God unrighteous--I speak in our everyday language-- when He inflicts punishment?

ἡ hē “the”ὁ ho “<the>”ὁ ho “who”τὴν tēn “the”

No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?)

ὁ ho “<the>”τὸν ton “the”

If, for instance, a falsehood of mine has made God's truthfulness more conspicuous, redounding to His glory, why am I judged all the same as a sinner?

ἡ hē “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”τῷ tō “<the>”τὴν tēn “the”

And why should we not say--for so they wickedly misrepresent us, and so some charge us with arguing--"Let us do evil that good may come"? The condemnation of those who would so argue is just.

τὰ ta “the [things]”τὰ ta “the”τὸ to “<the>”

There is not one who is really wise, nor one who is a diligent seeker after God.

ὁ ho “who”ὁ ho “who”τὸν ton “<the>”

All have turned aside from the right path; they have every one of them become corrupt. There is no one who does what is right--no, not so much as one."

ὁ ho “who”

"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."

ὁ ho “[is] the”ταῖς tais “with the”τὰ ta “the”

"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

τὸ to “the”

"Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.

οἱ hoi “the”

Ruin and misery mark their path;

ταῖς tais “the”

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

τῶν tōn “the”

But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

ὁ ho “the”τοῖς tois “to those”τῷ tō “the”ὁ ho “the”τῷ tō “<the>”