διὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 διὰ

   di-A

   through
2. sentence🔊 Τὸ οὖν ἀγαθὸν ἐμοὶ ἐγένετο θάνατος μὴ γένοιτο ἀλλὰ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτία διὰ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοι κατεργαζομένη θάνατον ἵνα γένηται καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς

   to oun a-ga-THON e-MOI e-GHE-ne-to THA-na-tos mê GHE-noi-to al-LA hê ha-mar-TI-a HI-na pha-NÊ ha-mar-TI-a di-A tou a-ga-THOU moi ka-ter-ga-dzo-ME-nê THA-na-ton HI-na GHE-nê-tai kath hy-per-bo-LÊN ha-mar-tô-LOS hê ha-mar-TI-a di-A tês en-to-LÊS

   the therefore good to me became death not may it be but the sin in order that might appear sin through the good to me producing death in order that might become according to excess sinful the sin through the commandment

Exegesis

The participial phrase diá tou agathoû moi katergazoménē thánaton {διὰ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοι κατεργαζομένη θάνατον | diá tou agathoû moi katergazoménē thánaton} depicts sin as actively producing death through the good.

A second purpose clause hína génētai kath’ huperbolḗn hamartōlòs hē hamartía diá tês entolḗs {ἵνα γένηται καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς | hína génētai kath’ huperbolḗn hamartōlòs hē hamartía diá tês entolḗs} reveals that through the commandment sin becomes exceedingly sinful. English retains the rhetorical question, emphatic denial, and the dual hína clauses to reflect purpose and result.