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Imagine Paul writing with urgency, the scrape of stylus against parchment echoing in a room lit by a single oil lamp. Every noun he chooses steps forward like a witness in a theological courtroom—where χάρις and ἔργον testify by their very endings.

Εἰ δὲ χάριτι, οὐκέτι ἐξ ἔργων· ἐπεὶ ἡ χάρις οὐκέτι γίνεται χάρις. εἰ δὲ ἐξ ἔργων, οὐκέτι ἐστὶ χάρις· ἐπεὶ τὸ ἔργον οὐκέτι ἐστὶν ἔργον. (Romans 11:6)

If but by-grace-DAT, no-longer from-works-GEN; since the-NOM grace no-longer becomes grace. If but from-works-GEN, no-longer is grace; since the-NOM work no-longer is work.

ἡ χάρις … χάρις τὸ ἔργον … ἔργον

Green (#2a9d8f) marks article–noun agreement pairs; each chain shows how Paul stabilizes the argument by repeating perfectly matched forms.… Learn Koine Greek