| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence begins with hostis {ὅστις | hós-tis} ‘whoever,’ introducing a general conditional statement. The postpositive conjunction gar {γὰρ | gár} ‘for’ connects this clause to the prior argument. The accusative phrase holon ton nomon {ὅλον τὸν νόμον | hó-lon tón nó-mon} ‘the whole law’ underscores comprehensive observance. The aorist subjunctive tērēsē {τηρήσῃ | tērḗ-sē} ‘should keep’ presents a hypothetical full compliance, while the aorist subjunctive ptaísē {πταίσῃ | ptaí-sē} ‘should stumble’ introduces the contrasting scenario. The perfect indicative gégonen {γέγονεν | gé-go-nen} ‘has become’ marks the settled outcome, and the substantive genitive pantōn {πάντων | pán-tōn} ‘of all’ with the predicate adjective enochos {ἔνοχος | é-no-khos} ‘guilty’ conveys total liability resulting from any single failure. |