Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 12:2

1 Corinthians chapter 12 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.

Context

v.1Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

v.2This passage

v.3Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ephesians 4:17

    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  • Jeremiah 10:5

    They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

  • 1 Thessalonians 1:9

    For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

  • Psalms 135:16

    They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;

  • Isaiah 46:7

    They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.