ὑμῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὑμῶν

   hy-MÔN

   of you
2. sentence🔊 μὴ βλασφημείσθω οὖν ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαθόν

   MÊ bla-sphê-MEIS-thō OUN hy-MÔN to a-ga-THÓN

   not let be spoken against therefore of you the good

Exegesis

The genitive hymōn {ὑμῶν | hy-mōn} modifies the neuter substantive phrase to agathon {τὸ ἀγαθόν | tò a-ga-thón}, yielding “your good,” referring to what the addressees regard as ethically right or beneficial. The word order places mē and blasphēmeisthō early, foregrounding the prohibition against allowing that “good” to become the object of hostile or contemptuous speech. In English, the passive imperative is rendered as “do not let … be slandered” and “do not allow … to be spoken of as evil” to convey the sense of permitting something to come under hostile talk, while maintaining the possessive nuance of hymōn through “your good” and “what is good for you.” The explanatory notes in the formal rendering clarify agathon as a “virtuous deed” and blasphēmeisthō as “spoken against,” while in the dynamic rendering they highlight mē as a “strong warning” and hymōn as referring to the believing “faith community,” emphasizing both the seriousness of the command and its communal scope.