ὠφελήθησαν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὠφελήθησαν

   ō-phe-LÊ-thē-san

   were benefited
2. sentence🔊 διδαχαῖς ποικίλαις καὶ ξέναις μὴ παραφέρεσθε καλὸν γὰρ χάριτι βεβαιοῦσθαι τὴν καρδίαν οὐ βρώμασιν ἐν οἷς οὐκ ὠφελήθησαν οἱ περιπατοῦντες

   di-da-KHAIS poi-KI-lais KAI KSE-nais MÊ pa-ra-PHE-res-the ka-LON gar KHA-ri-ti be-be-ai-OU-sthai tên kar-DI-an ou BRÔ-ma-sin en hois ouk ō-phe-LÊ-thē-san hoi pe-ri-pa-TOUN-tes

   teachings varied and strange not be carried away good for by grace to be strengthened the heart not by foods in which not were benefited the those walking

Exegesis

The relative clause en hois ouk ophelethesan hoi peripatountes {ἐν οἷς οὐκ ὠφελήθησαν οἱ περιπατοῦντες | en hoîs ouk ōphelḗthēsan hoi peripatoûntes} modifies bromasin; en hois indicates the sphere of activity (“in which practices”), and the aorist passive ophelethesan with the substantival participle hoi peripatountes (“those who walk, those conducting themselves”) states a general negative outcome: those who ordered their conduct around such food regulations did not in fact benefit. In English, the word order is adjusted to standard subject–verb–object clauses while preserving the contrastive structure between “by grace” and “not by foods,” and the relative clause is rendered as “by which those who walk in them were not benefited” or “which have never really helped those who keep living by them” to keep the connection to the preceding noun clear.