γὰρ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 γὰρ

   gar

   for
2. sentence🔊 τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος πόρνους γὰρ καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ θεός

   TI-mi-os ho GA-mos en PA-sin kai hê KOI-tê a-MI-an-tos POR-nous gar kai moi-KHOUS kri-NEI ho the-OS

   honored the marriage in all and the bed undefiled sexually immoral {people} for and adulterers will judge the God

Exegesis

The explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gar} introduces the rationale clause: pornous gar kai moichous krinei ho theos {πόρνους γὰρ καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ θεός | pór-nous gar kaí moi-khoús kri-neî ho the-ós}. Here, pornous and moichous form a coordinated double direct object of krinei, while ho theos functions as the subject placed after the verb for emphasis on the objects under judgment. The future indicative krinei encodes a certain, decisive future action. The shift from nominal, verbless clauses to a finite verb in the final clause creates a movement from ideal norm (honored, undefiled marriage) to solemn warning (inevitable divine judgment), which the translations maintain by rendering the first part as moral exhortation and the last as a firm predictive statement.