Commentaries:
Dictionaries define an idol as "any object of ardent or excessive devotion or admiration." If we obey the dictates of a person, church, or some other group contrary to the direct commands of God, we are guilty of idolatry. The individual or group becomes the idol, replacing God.
Martin G. Collins
The Second Commandment
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Corinthians 1:13:
Daniel 2:20-21
1 Corinthians 2:2
1 Corinthians 3:6-8
1 Corinthians 11:17-19
2 Corinthians 10:12-16