8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; …
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-11)In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the faith of Christ, and what a blessed change their conversion had made upon them; and thence endeavours to convince them of their great weakness in hearkening to those who would bring them under the bondage of the law of Moses. I. He reminds them of their past state and behaviour, and what they were before…
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