1 Corinthians 12:2
Ye know that, when ye were of the nations, unto the dumb idols, howsoever ye were being led, ye were seduced.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
In Context
1But, concerning the spiritually gifted, brethren, I am not wishing you to be ignorant.
Cross References
Psalms 115:7Their hands! but they feel not Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat.
Isaiah 46:7They carry him about on the shoulder They bear the burden of him—and set him in his place that he may stand,—Out of his place, will he not move,—Though one even make outcry unto him, he will not answer, Out of one’s trouble, he will not save him.
Habakkuk 2:18What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood,—though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities!
1 Corinthians 6:11And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away,—but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 2:11Wherefore, keep in remembrance—that, at one time, ye, the nations in flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by the so-called Circumcision in flesh, made by hand,
1 Thessalonians 1:9For, they themselves, concerning us, do tell—what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from the idols—to be serving a living and true God,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:2-12
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are… Read the whole commentary →