Gal 1:23 | RWP | e4.org | They only heard ( μονον ακουοντες ησαν ). Periphrastic imperfect, "They were only hearing from time to time." That once persecuted us ( ο διωκων ημας ποτε ). Present active articular participle, a sort of participle of antecedent time suggested by ποτε , "the one who used to persecute us once upon a time." The faith ( την πιστιν ). Here used in the sense of "the gospel" as in .

‏ Galatians 1:23

They only heard ( μονον ακουοντες ησαν ). Periphrastic imperfect, "They were only hearing from time to time."

That once persecuted us ( ο διωκων ημας ποτε ). Present active articular participle, a sort of participle of antecedent time suggested by ποτε, "the one who used to persecute us once upon a time."

The faith ( την πιστιν ). Here used in the sense of "the gospel" as in Ac 6:7.