There are three ideas presented here. The first is a repeat of the accusation that they cannot know that Christ shall come. The second has to do with the doctrine that Christ will be slain for our sins. This statement at the end of verse 26 leads directly into the first phrase in 27. Notice that they are connected with “and thus.” Korihor is linking the atonement for sin with the priests, the foolish traditions, and bondage. What he is saying is that this doctrine of Christ as the way through which sin may be atoned places the people in the hands of the priests who control access to that forgiveness of sin through the rules and regulations they impose. The priests of the Nephites, according to Korihor, are able to bind the people because they desire absolution from sin, and wanting that they must do as the priests say.
The third accusation is that the priests of the Nephites “glut” themselves on the labor of the people. Korihor accuses the Nephite priests of priestcraft, or position for gain.