Verse 1

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
  • 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .
  • Exod 4:10 : 10 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
  • Jer 1:6-7 : 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child. 7 But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
  • Acts 18:1-4 : 1 After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them; 3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 22:18 : 18 and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
  • 1 Cor 1:6 : 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
  • 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 But though [I be] rude in speech, yet [am I] not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made [this] manifest unto you in all things.
  • 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
  • 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
  • Rev 1:2 : 2 who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, [even] of all things that he saw.
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience [which are] in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.