μὴmēGod forbidμήadverb — “God forbid”G3361not, lest.God forbidγένοιτοgenoitoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle optative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.οἵτινεςhoitinesshall we, thatὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “shall we, that”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.shall we, thatἀπεθάνομενapethanomenare deadἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “are dead”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.are deadτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁμαρτίᾳhamartiato sinἁμαρτίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “to sin”, the to- or for-formG266prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.to sinπῶςpōshow?!πῶςadverb — “how?!”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.ἔτιetiany longerἔτιadverb — “any longer”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.any longerζήσομενzēsomento liveζάω (zaō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person plural — “to live”, an action still aheadG2198I live, am alive.ἐνenthereinἐνpreposition — “therein”G1722in, on, among.thereinαὐτῇautēheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
let it not be! we who died to the sin — how shall we still live in it?
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American Standard Version (1901)
God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
Young’s Literal Translation
let it not be! we who died to the sin — how shall we still live in it?
World English Bible
May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
Darby Translation
Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?
Douay-Rheims
God forbid. For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein?
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