Parallel Verses
Amplified
You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Holman Bible
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols
International Standard Version
You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.
A Conservative Version
Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led.
American Standard Version
Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might led.
An Understandable Version
You people know that when you were [still unconverted] Gentiles, you were led astray to [worship] lifeless idols, however you were led [i.e., wherever you turned, you were being led into idolatrous practices].
Anderson New Testament
You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to those dumb idols, as you might be led.
Bible in Basic English
You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.
Common New Testament
You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however you may have been moved.
Daniel Mace New Testament
when you were Gentiles, you know how you were seduced by your leaders, to the worship of dumb idols.
Darby Translation
Ye know that when ye were of the nations ye were led away to dumb idols, in whatever way ye might be led.
Goodspeed New Testament
You know that when you were heathen you would stray off, as impulse directed, to idols that could not speak.
John Wesley New Testament
Ye know that when ye were heathens, ye were carried away after dumb idols, as ye were led.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye know that ye were the nations, to dumb idols, as ye were led, being carried away.
King James 2000
You know that you were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as you were led.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the speechless idols, however you were led.
Modern King James verseion
You know that being led away, you nations were led to dumb idols.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye know that ye were gentiles, and went your ways unto dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Moffatt New Testament
You know when you were pagans, how your impulses led you to dumb idols;
Montgomery New Testament
You know that when you were heathen you went astray after dumb idols, wherever he be led.
NET Bible
You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
New Heart English Bible
You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
Noyes New Testament
Ye know, that when ye were gentiles, ye were carried away to dumb idols, as ye happened to be led;
Sawyer New Testament
You know that when you were gentiles, you followed dumb idols as you were led.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye know that, when ye were of the nations, unto the dumb idols, howsoever ye were being led, ye were seduced.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, drawn away after the idols that are dumb, even as ye have been led.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You know that there was a time when you were Gentiles, going astray after idols that could not speak, just as you happened to be led.
Webster
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Weymouth New Testament
You know that when you were heathens you went astray after dumb idols, wherever you happened to be led.
Williams New Testament
You know that when you were heathen you were in the habit of going off, wherever you might be led, after idols that could not speak.
World English Bible
You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
Worrell New Testament
Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led.
Worsley New Testament
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, drawn aside after dumb idols, just as ye were led: wherefore,
Youngs Literal Translation
ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;
Themes
Gentiles » Unclassified sciptures relating to
Gentiles » Characterized as » Idolatrous
Giving and gifts » Spiritual gifts
Idolatry » All heathen nations given up to
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
Idolatry » They who practice » Carried away by it
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Degrading
References
Fausets
Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Corinthians 12:2
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Varieties Of Spiritual Gifts
1 Now about the spiritual gifts [the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit]. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the [power and influence of the] Spirit of God can say, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is [my] Lord,” except by [the power and influence of] the Holy Spirit.
Cross References
Psalm 115:5
They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
1 Peter 4:3
For the time already past is [more than] enough for doing what the [unsaved] Gentiles like to do—
Habakkuk 2:18-19
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer’s new life and changed behavior].
Ephesians 2:11-12
Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves “Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human hands—
Jeremiah 10:5
“They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field;
They cannot speak;
They have to be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not be afraid of them,
For they can do no harm or evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
Psalm 115:7
They have hands, but they cannot feel;
They have feet, but they cannot walk;
Nor can they make a sound with their throats.
Psalm 135:16
They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;
Isaiah 46:7
“They lift it on their shoulders [in religious processions or into battle] and carry it;
They set it in its place and there it remains standing.
It cannot move from its place.
Even if one cries to it [for help], the idol cannot answer;
It cannot save him from his distress.
Matthew 15:14
Galatians 4:8
But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not and could not be gods at all.
Ephesians 4:17-18
So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls],
Titus 3:3
For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
1 Peter 1:18
For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,