At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.

As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.

But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.

For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--

Let no one say when passing through trial, "My temptation is from God;" for God is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.