Rom 15:27 | RWP | e4.org | Their debtors ( οφειλετα αυτων ). Objective genitive: the Gentiles are debtors to the Jews. See the word οφειλετης in ; . For if ( ε γαρ ). Condition of the first class, assumed as true, first aorist active indicative ( εκοινωνησαν , from κοινωνεω , to share) with associative instrumental case ( πνευματικοις , spiritual things). To minister unto ( λειτουργησα , first aorist active infinitive of λειτουργεω with dative case αυτοις , to them), but here certainly with no "sacerdotal" functions (cf. verse ). In carnal things ( εν τοις σαρκικοις ). Things which belong to the natural life of the flesh ( σαρξ ), not the sinful aspects of the flesh at all.

‏ Romans 15:27

Their debtors ( οφειλετα αυτων ). Objective genitive: the Gentiles are debtors to the Jews. See the word οφειλετης in 1:14; 8:12.

For if ( ε γαρ ). Condition of the first class, assumed as true, first aorist active indicative ( εκοινωνησαν, from κοινωνεω, to share) with associative instrumental case ( πνευματικοις, spiritual things).

To minister unto ( λειτουργησα, first aorist active infinitive of λειτουργεω with dative case αυτοις, to them), but here certainly with no "sacerdotal" functions (cf. verse 16).

In carnal things ( εν τοις σαρκικοις ). Things which belong to the natural life of the flesh ( σαρξ ), not the sinful aspects of the flesh at all.