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How shall we escape? (pōs hēmeis ekpheuxometha). Rhetorical question with future middle indicative of ekpheugō and conclusion of the condition.
If we neglect (amelēsantes). First aorist active participle of ameleō, “having neglected.”
So great salvation (tēlikautēs sōtērias). Ablative case after amelēsantes. Correlative pronoun of age, but used of size in the N.T. (Jam 3:4; 2Co 1:10).
Which (hētis). “Which very salvation,” before described, now summarized.
Having at the first been spoken (archēn labousa laleisthai). Literally, “having received a beginning to be spoken,” “having begun to be spoken,” a common literary Koiné idiom (Polybius, etc.).
Through the Lord (dia tou kuriou). The Lord Jesus who is superior to angels. Jesus was God’s full revelation and he is the source of this new and superior revelation.
Was confirmed (ebebaiōthē). First aorist passive indicative of bebaioō, from bebaios (stable), old verb as in 1Co 1:6.
By them that heard (hupo tōn akousantōn). Ablative case with hupo of the articular first aorist active participle of akouō. Those who heard the Lord Jesus. Only one generation between Jesus and the writer. Paul (Gal 1:11) got his message directly from Christ.