1 Corinthians 12:2

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Summary

1 Corinthians 12:2

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

That

1 Peter 4:3

Dumb

Psalm 115:5

Psalm 135:16

Habakkuk 2:18

Even

Matthew 15:14

1 Peter 1:18

Bible References

That

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

For they themselves report about us what kind of a

reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve

a living and true God,

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles,

having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

Dumb

They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;

They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;

“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

Even

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

knowing that you were not

redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,