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1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

Webster Bible

In The King James Version

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

In Context

1Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

3Wherefore 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 Spirit.

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Cross References

Psalms 115:7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Isaiah 46:7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 2:11Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves show of us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the 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 →

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