1 Corinthians 12:2

In 9 translations

BSB

You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

KJV

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

WEB

You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.or Gentiles

ASV

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

LSV

you have known that you were nations, being carried away as you were led to the mute idols;

YLT

ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols — as ye were led — being carried away;

DBY

Ye know that when ye were [of the] nations [ye were] led away to dumb idols, in whatever way ye might be led.

DRC

You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led.

GNV

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, and were caried away vnto the dumme Idoles, as ye were led.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οἴδατε ὅτι ὅτε ἔθνη ἦτε πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ ἄφωνα ὡς ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι.

RP2018

Οἴδατε ὅτι ὅτε ἔθνη ἦτε πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ ἄφωνα, ὡς ἂν ἤγεσθε, ἀπαγόμενοι.

TR-Boyd

Οἴδατε ὅτι ἔθνη ἦτε πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ ἄφωνα, ὡς ἂν ἤγεσθε, ἀπαγόμενοι.

SCR1894

οιδατε οτι εθνη ητε προς τα ειδωλα τα αφωνα ως αν ηγεσθε απαγομενοι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
• Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
• Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
• Ephesians 2:11–12Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— remember that at that time you were separate from…
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• Jeremiah 10:5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
• Habakkuk 2:18–19What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent…
• Psalms 115:7they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
• Ephesians 4:17–18So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because…
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
• Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
• Psalms 135:16They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

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