τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ἀλλʼ οὐδενὸς λόγου ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ ὡς τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου καὶ τὴν διακονίαν ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ διαμαρτύρασθαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ

   al ou-de-NOS LO-gou poi-OU-mai tên psy-KHÊN ti-MI-an e-mau-TÔ hôs te-lei-Ô-sai ton DRO-mon mou KAI tên di-a-ko-NI-an hên E-la-bon pa-RA tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO di-a-mar-TY-ras-thai to eu-an-GE-li-on tês KHA-ri-tos tou the-OU

   but of no one account I make the life precious to myself as to finish the course my and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of the God

Exegesis

The relative clause hen elabon para tou kuriou Iesou {ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ | hḕn é-la-bon parà toû ku-rí-ou Iē-soû} modifies diakonian, specifying that this ministry is received “from the Lord Jesus,” making His commissioning the basis of Paul’s mission.

The infinitive diamarturasthai {διαμαρτύρασθαι | di-a-mar-týr-as-thai} is epexegetical, further defining the ministry as the solemn task “to testify” concerning the content expressed by the accusative object to euangelion tes charitos tou theou {τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ | tò eu-an-gé-li-on tês chá-ri-tos toû the-oû} “the gospel of the grace of God.” The sequence of infinitives after hos creates a compact purpose structure: Paul discounts his own life in order to finish his course and ministry, which in turn consists in bearing witness to this grace-centered gospel.