Psa 115:4-7, 1Cor 12:2 | JFB | STEP | 4-7. (Compare Is 40:18-20; 44:9-20).

‏ Psalms 115:4-7

4-7. (Compare Is 40:18-20; 44:9-20).

‏ 1 Corinthians 12:2

that ye were--The best manuscripts read, "That WHEN ye were"; thus "ye were" must be supplied before "carried away"--Ye were blindly transported hither and thither at the will of your false guides.

these dumb idols--Greek, "the idols which are dumb"; contrasted with the living God who "speaks" in the believer by His Spirit (1Co 12:3, &c.). This gives the reason why the Corinthians needed instruction as to spiritual gifts, namely, their past heathen state, wherein they had no experience of intelligent spiritual powers. When blind, ye went to the dumb.

as ye were led--The Greek is, rather, "as ye might (happen to) be led," namely, on different occasions. The heathen oracles led their votaries at random, without any definite principle.