τοῦτό

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦτό

   tou-TO

   this
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτως λατρεύω τῷ πατρῴῳ θεῷ,

   ho-mo-lo-GO de tou-TO soi HO-ti ka-TA tên ho-DON hên LE-gou-sin HAI-re-sin HOU-tos la-TREU-o toi pa-TRO-i-o the-OI

   I confess but this to you that according to the way which they say a sect thus I serve to the ancestral God
3. sentence🔊 ὁμολογῶ δὲ τοῦτό σοι ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτως λατρεύω τῷ πατρῴῳ θεῷ, πιστεύων πᾶσι τοῖς κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ ⸂τοῖς ἐν⸃ τοῖς προφήταις γεγραμμένοις,

   ho-mo-lo-GO de tou-TO soi HO-ti ka-TA tên ho-DON hên LE-gou-sin HAI-re-sin HOU-tos la-TREU-o toi pa-TRO-i-o the-OI pi-STE-uon PA-si tois ka-TA ton NO-mon kai tois en tois pro-PHÊ-tais ge-gram-ME-nois

   I confess but this to you that according to the way which they say a sect thus I serve to the ancestral God believing all the things according to the law and the things in the prophets having been written

Exegesis

The main verb homologō {ὁμολογῶ | ho-mo-lo-gō} ‘I confess’ functions as the primary assertion, introducing Paul’s direct address with the dative pronoun soi {σοι | soi} ‘to you’ and the demonstrative touto {τοῦτό | tou-tó} ‘this’.