τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου

   pro-SE-khe-te he-au-TOIS kai pan-TEE tôi poim-NI-ôi en hôi hy-MAS to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on E-the-to e-pi-SKO-pous poi-ma-NEIN tên ek-klê-SI-an tou the-OU hên pe-ri-e-poi-Ê-sa-to di-A tou HAI-ma-tos tou i-DI-ou

   pay attention to yourselves and to all the flock in in which you the Spirit the holy appointed overseers to shepherd the church of the God which he obtained through the blood of the own

Exegesis

The phrase tēn ekklēsian tou theou {τῆν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ | tḕn ek-klē-sí-an toû the-oû} ‘the church of God’ employs a genitive of possession.

A subsequent relative clause, hēn periepoiēsato dia tou haimatos tou idiou {ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου | hḕn pe-ri-e-poi-ḗ-sa-to diá toû haí-ma-tos toû i-dí-ou}, uses periepoiēsato ‘acquired for Himself’ (aorist middle indicative) and the preposition dia with the genitive to denote means, underscoring the cost of redemption with idiou ‘His own.’