1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know (A)that[a] you were Gentiles, carried away to these (B)dumb[b] idols, however you were led.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:2 NU, M that when
- 1 Corinthians 12:2 mute, silent
1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 For they themselves declare concerning us (A)what manner of entry we had to you, (B)and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
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1 Peter 4:3
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3 For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
Ephesians 2:11-12
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Brought Near by His Blood
11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called (A)the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Psalm 115:5
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5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
Galatians 4:8
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Fears for the Church
8 But then, indeed, (A)when you did not know God, (B)you served those which by nature are not gods.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And such were (A)some of you. (B)But you were washed, but you were [a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
Habakkuk 2:18-19
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18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.
Ephesians 4:17-18
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The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the (B)blindness of their heart;
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- Ephesians 4:17 NU omits the rest of
Jeremiah 10:5
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5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And (A)they cannot speak;
They must be (B)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For (C)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
1 Peter 1:18
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18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
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- 1 Peter 1:18 perishable
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
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Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone. (A)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
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Isaiah 46:7
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7 (A)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though (B)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
Psalm 135:16
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16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
Psalm 115:7
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7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
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