τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 Ὑμεῖς δὲ γένος ἐκλεκτόν βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα ἔθνος ἅγιον λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν ὅπως τὰς ἀρετὰς ἐξαγγείλητε τοῦ ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς καλέσαντος εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς

   hy-MEIS de GE-nos ek-lek-TON ba-SI-lei-on hi-e-RA-teu-ma E-thnos HA-gi-on la-OS eis pe-ri-POI-ee-sin HO-pōs tas a-re-TAS ek-sa-GGEI-lē-te tou ek SKO-tous hy-MAS ka-LE-san-tos eis to thau-mas-TON au-TOU PHŌS

   you but race chosen royal priesthood nation holy a people for possession so that the excellencies you may proclaim of the out of darkness you of the one having called into the marvelous his light

Exegesis

The genitive participle kalesantos {καλέσαντος | kalésantos} with ek skotous hymas {ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς | ek skótous hymâs} identifies the agent “who called you out of darkness,” with ek skotous denoting the source domain.

The final prepositional phrase eis to thaumaston autou phos {εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς | eis tò thaumastòn autoû phōs} expresses the goal “into His marvelous light.” The Greek layered nominatives become coordinated predicates in English, and the genitive participle is rendered as a relative clause to preserve clarity and theological movement.