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OET (OET-LV) Therefore we_are_counting to_be_being_justified by_faith a_person, apart_from works of_law.
OET (OET-RV) So now we should expect that a person will be made guiltless by faith—not by obeying Moses’ laws.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
γὰρ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: λογιζόμεθα οὖν δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει ἄνθρωπον χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου)
For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. Here, what follows explains what “the law of faith” means in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “In fact,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
λογιζόμεθα
˱we˲_/are/_reckoning
Here, we is used exclusively to speak of Paul and other Christian Jews, as indicated in 3:9. Your language may require you to mark these forms. Alternate translation: “we believing Jews consider” or “we believing Jews regard”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἄνθρωπον
/a/_person
Although the term man is masculine, Paul is using the word here in the generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “humankind” or “a person”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
δικαιοῦσθαι & ἄνθρωπον
/to_be_being/_justified & /a/_person
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in an active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, Paul implies that “God” did it. Alternate translation: “that God justifies a man” or “that God makes a man righteous”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
πίστει
˱by˲_faith
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faith, you could express the same idea with a different form. Alternate translation: “by believing in Jesus”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
ἔργων νόμου
works ˱of˲_law
Paul is using the possessive form to refer to the works that God requires in the law. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the works that the law requires”
OET (OET-LV) Therefore we_are_counting to_be_being_justified by_faith a_person, apart_from works of_law.
OET (OET-RV) So now we should expect that a person will be made guiltless by faith—not by obeying Moses’ laws.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.