OET interlinear ROM 3:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν

law therefore ˱we˲_/are/_nullifying

Here, then indicates that this sentence is the response that a Jew might have made to what Paul said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Then you Jews might say, ‘Do we nullify the law’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως

law therefore ˱we˲_/are/_nullifying through ¬the faith

Paul is not asking for information, but is using this question to express the response that a Jew might have to what Paul said in the previous verse. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “Then we surely nullify the law through the same faith!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

οὖν καταργοῦμεν

therefore ˱we˲_/are/_nullifying

Here, we is used exclusively to speak of the unbelieving Jews on whose behalf Paul is speaking. Your language may require you to mark these forms. Alternate translation: “Do we Jews then nullify”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν

law therefore ˱we˲_/are/_nullifying

Here, nullify the law means to make the law useless or no longer applicable to anyone. Paul is stating that the Jews might worry that he is teaching that the law of Moses does not have any function at all because God makes people righteous by faith. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Do we make the law useless” or “Do we throw away the law”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

διὰ τῆς πίστεως

through ¬the faith

See how you translated this phrase in the previous verse.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μὴ γένοιτο! ἀλλὰ νόμον ἱστάνομεν

never ˱it˲_/might/_become but /the/_law ˱we˲_/are/_establishing

In these two sentences Paul responds to the rhetorical questions in the previous sentence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I would respond by saying, ‘May it never be! Instead, we establish the law’”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

μὴ γένοιτο

never ˱it˲_/might/_become

See how you translated this phrase in 3:6.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

νόμον ἱστάνομεν

law /the/_law ˱we˲_/are/_establishing

Here, we is used exclusively to refer to Paul and other Christians. Your language may require you to mark these forms. Alternate translation: “we Christians uphold the law”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

νόμον ἱστάνομεν

law /the/_law ˱we˲_/are/_establishing

Paul uses uphold to refer to the law as if it were an object that people could hold up high. The meaning of uphold here is the opposite meaning of nullify, used earlier in the verse. It could mean: (1) Christians fulfill the requirements of the law by trusting in Jesus, who fulfilled the law for them. Alternate translation: “we fulfill the law by faith” (2) Christians value the law and affirm that it is useful. Alternative translation: “we confirm that the law is useful” or “we affirm that the law has value”