τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   {the}
2. sentence🔊 πῶς δύνασθε ὑμεῖς πιστεῦσαι δόξαν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ τὴν δόξαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ οὐ ζητεῖτε;

   PŌS DY-nas-the hy-MEIS pi-STEU-sai DO-ksan par al-LÊ-lōn lam-BA-non-tes kai tēn DO-ksan tēn pa-RA tou MO-nou the-OU ou dzē-TEI-te

   how you {you} can to believe glory from one another receiving and {the} glory {the} from {the} only God not seek

Exegesis

The second occurrence of doxan with the expanded phrase tēn para tou monou theou {τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ | tḕn parà toû mónou theoû} ‘the glory from the only God’ sets an antithetical parallel: human glory versus divine glory.

The adjective monou {μόνου | mó-nou} with the article tou {τοῦ | toû} underscores God’s uniqueness as the sole legitimate source of ultimate honor. In translation, the participle lambanontes is rendered as a finite clause (“when you receive” / “when you accept”) to clarify the causal relationship, and the repeated noun doxan is differentiated as “glory” and “praise” to bring out the contrast between divine approval and human affirmation while preserving the parallelism.