1 Corinthians 12:2
“Yee know that yee were Gentiles, caryed away vnto these dumbe idoles, euen as ye were led.”
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1 Corinthians 12:2 Context
1Now concerning spirituall giftes, brethren, I would not haue you ignorant. 2Yee know that yee were Gentiles, caryed away vnto these dumbe idoles, euen as ye were led. 3Wherefore I giue you to vnderstand, that no man speaking by the spirit of God, calleth Iesus accursed: and that no man can say that Iesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost. 4Nowe there are diuersities of gifts, but the same spirit.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 12:2
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
- King James Version
You know that when you were pagans, {you were} led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Ye know that when ye were Gentiles `ye were' led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might led.
- American Standard Version (1901)
You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.
- Basic English Bible
Ye know that when ye were [of the] nations [ye were] led away to dumb idols, in whatever way ye might be led.
- Darby Bible
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
- Webster's Bible
You know that when you were heathens you went astray after dumb idols, wherever you happened to be led.
- Weymouth Bible
You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
- World English Bible
For ye witen, that whanne ye weren hethene men, hou ye weren led goynge to doumbe maumetis.
- Wycliffe Bible
ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 12:2
12:2 Ye were heathens - Therefore, whatever gifts ye have received, it is from the free grace of God. Carried away - By a blind credulity. After dumb idols - The blind to the dumb; idols of wood and stone, unable to speak themselves, and much more to open your mouths, as God has done. As ye were led - By the subtlety of your priests.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 12:2
1Co 12:2 Ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols. Idolaters worshiping idols. These false gods had oracles, and priests professed to speak under the influence of the spirit of the god. The oracle of Delphos, not far distant from Corinth, was especially celebrated.