εἰς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 εἰς

   eis

   into
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

A sequence of four nominative predicate nominatives—genos eklekton {γένος ἐκλεκτόν | génos eklektón}, basileion hierateuma {βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα | basíleion hieráteuma}, ethnos hagion {ἔθνος ἅγιον | éthnos hágion}, laos eis peripoiesin {λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν | laós eis peripoíesin}—all rest on the implied “are,” crafting a crescendo of corporate identity drawn from covenant language. The prepositional object eis peripoiesin marks purpose or status “for possession.”

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.