Ye were led away (απαγομενο). The copula ητε is not expressed (common ellipsis) with the participle (periphrastic imperfect passiv…

You know, etc. This verse is regarded by many as a parenthesis. But it is not necessary to suppose that it is so, or that it does not cohe…

You know that you were Gentiles.—Better (according to the weight of manuscript evidence), You know that when you were Gentiles you wer…

In saying that they had been “led astray to mute idols,” Paul implies that the Corinthians had experienced the effects of evil spirits in their for…

Ye know that ye were Gentiles
That is, by religion; hence the Syriac version renders it (apnx