A Simple Man’s Notes on Scripture

Part II: The Conduct of Humanity Now let God be true, yet every man a liar, even as it is written: “That so Thou shouldst be justified in Thy sayings, And shalt be conquering even when Thou art being judged.” Even As The argument presented in Romans 1:18-3:20 concludes in two ways. The argument fields two major objections in 3:1-4, and one final rebuttal in 3:5-8. The argument then shares a careful, and cited, conclusion (3:9-20.) Paul’s third cited verse in the Old Testament, found in Psalm 51:4, is an important verse, for its citation serves as a hinge between the former verse and the later verse. An indication for this is immediately given. Instead of reading “According as it is written,” as with the first two quotes, Paul uses the connective “even as.” This special connective, kathaper, appears fourteen times in Paul’s writings – four times in Romans. The term differs from according as; it is not designed to be an isolated quote, extracted from its context, but relies on the co...