They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands; it does not budge from its place. They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer; it saves no one from his trouble.
1 Corinthians 12:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You know that when you were heathen, you were led off after idols that could not speak [habitually] as impulse directed and whenever the occasion might arise. American Standard Version (1901) Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led. Common English Bible You know that when you were Gentiles you were often misled by false gods that can’t even speak. Catholic Public Domain Version You know that when you were Gentiles, you approached mute idols, doing what you were led to do. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led. |
They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands; it does not budge from its place. They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer; it saves no one from his trouble.
Like 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 they cannot do any good.
Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.’
And some of you used to be like this. 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.
But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behaviour, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.