τὴν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὴν

   tên

   the
2. sentence🔊 Μνημονεύετε τῶν ἡγουμένων ὑμῶν οἵτινες ἐλάλησαν ὑμῖν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ὧν ἀναθεωροῦντες τὴν ἔκβασιν τῆς ἀναστροφῆς μιμεῖσθε τὴν πίστιν

   mnê-mo-NEU-e-te tôn hê-gou-ME-nôn hy-MÔN HOI-ti-nes e-LA-lê-san hy-MEEN ton LO-gon tou the-OU hôn a-na-the-ô-ROUN-tes tên EK-ba-sin tês a-na-stro-PHÊS mi-MEIS-the tên PI-stin

   Remember of the leaders of you who spoke to you the word of the God of whom considering the outcome of the way of life imitate the faith

Exegesis

A second relative element, hōn {ὧν | hōn} “of whom,” introduces a participial clause anatheōrountes tēn ekbasin tēs anastrophēs {ἀναθεωροῦντες τὴν ἔκβασιν τῆς ἀναστροφῆς | a-na-the-ō-roûn-tes tēn ék-ba-sin tēs a-na-stro-phēs}. This nominative participle, coordinated with the implied subject “you,” expresses attendant circumstance: as the readers are “thoughtfully considering the outcome of their conduct.” The genitive tēs anastrophēs links “outcome” closely with the whole pattern of life, not a single event.

The main exhortation is completed with the second imperative mimeisthe tēn pistin {μιμεῖσθε τὴν πίστιν | mi-meî-sthe tēn pí-stin} “imitate the faith,” shifting the focus from external behavior to the inner, enduring trust that shaped the leaders’ lives. In English, the participial construction is rendered with a temporal-concessive nuance (“as you consider...”), preserving the logical progression from remembrance, to reflection, to imitation while smoothing the nested Greek relative and participial structures into two coherent sentences.