8:1-3

orienter

PART CONSTITUENT

(Expository paragraph: orienter of 8:1-11:1)

8:1a

orienter

This node and the one to the right of it could be combined into one node, with the reference, '8:1a', in front of the content "Now I willl answer ...."

8:1b-c

claim

8:1b

orienter

8:1b oi;damen

8:1b We believers know what some of you say,

8:1c

CONTENT

8:1c o[ti pa,ntej gnw/sin e;comenÅ

8:1c that we all [SYN] have been enabled by God to know certain truth concerning such things as idols.

8:1d-g

COUNTER CLAIM

8:1d-e

contrast

8:1d

concession

8:1d h` gnw/sij

8:1d The problem is that when we know [PRS] such truth

8:1e

CONSEQUENCE

8:1e fusioi/(

8:1e we tend to become proud about what we know.

8:1f-g

NUCLEUS

8:1f

condition

8:1f h` de. avga,ph

8:1f But when we love [PRS] our fellow believers

8:1g

CONSEQUENCE

8:lg oivkodomei/\

8:lg we help them increasingly think correctly about living as God wants/(OR, understand and obey Christ better).

8:2-3

justification

8:2

contrast

8:2a-b

condition

8:2a

condition

8:2a ei; tij dokei/ evgnwke,nai ti(

8:2a If any person supposes that he has come to thoroughly know something concerning God [IRO]

8:2b

CONTRAEXPECTATION

8:2b and does not love God,

8:2c-d

CONSEQUENCE

8:2c

NUCLEUS

8:2c ou;pw e;gnw

8:2c then he does not yet know these things [2a]

8:2d

manner

8:2d kaqw.j dei/ gnw/nai\

8:2d as he should know them,

8:3

NUCLEUS

8:3a

condition

8:3a eiv de, tij avgapa/| to.n qeo,n(

8:3a but if any person loves God,

8:3b-d

CONSEQUENCE

8:3b-c

contrast

8:3b

CONGRUENCE

8:3b he has come to know matters concerning God

8:3c

standard

8:3c as he should know them

8:3d

NUCLEUS

8:3d ou-toj e;gnwstai u`pV auvtou/Å

8:3d And even more importantly he has also come to be acknowledged by God as belonging to him.