1 Corinthians 2:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • 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.

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    2For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

    3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

    4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

    5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

    6We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

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    17For 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.

    18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

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    5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

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    23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

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    1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

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    11For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.

    12For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but [it came to me] through revelation of Jesus Christ.

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    16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:

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    1Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,

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    21For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

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    16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

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    1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

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    1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 4:19
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    19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.

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    12Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

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    23but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

    24but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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    12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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    12Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

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    1Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

    6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

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    2and all the brethren that are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

  • Gal 4:13
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    13but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:

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    5For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

    6But 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.

    7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

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    8For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

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    6But now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?

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    11Whether then [it be] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

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    17but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

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    17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

  • 3 John 1:3
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    3For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

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    15lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.

  • 2 Cor 1:1
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    1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:

  • Acts 20:18
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    18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,

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    4This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.