1 Corinthians 12:2

New International Reader's Version

You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak.

Cross References

Psalm 115:5

They have mouths but can’t speak. They have eyes but can’t see.

Psalm 115:7

They have hands but can’t feel. They have feet but can’t walk. They have throats but can’t say anything.

Psalm 135:16

They have mouths but can’t speak. They have eyes but can’t see.

Isaiah 46:7

They lift it up on their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place, and there it stands. It can’t move from that spot. Someone might cry out to it. But it does not answer. It can’t save them from their troubles.

Jeremiah 10:5

The statues of their gods can’t speak. They are like scarecrows in a field of cucumbers. Their statues have to be carried around because they can’t walk. So do not be afraid of their gods. They can’t do you any harm. And they can’t do you any good either.”

Matthew 15:14

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to do those things. But your sins were washed away. You were made holy. You were made right with God. All of this was done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was also done by the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 4:8

At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that are really not gods at all.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

The believers themselves report the kind of welcome you gave us. They tell about how you turned away from statues of gods. And you turned to serve the living and true God.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

1 Peter 1:18

You were set free from an empty way of life. This way of life was handed down to you by your own people of long ago. You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold.

1 Peter 4:3

You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.