both Jews, for whom such a confession was blasphemy,56 and pagans, especially those in the cults, whose deities were called “lords.”57 Thus this became the earliest Christian confession,58 tied in particular to Jesus’ having been raised from the dead and therefore having become the exalted One.59 Paul’s point, of course, is that just as formerly they had been “led about and carried away” to mute idols, so now one who is possessed by the Spirit of the living God is led to the ultimate Christian