1 Corinthians 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κἀγὼ, ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ἦλθον οὐ καθʼ ὑπεροχὴν λόγου ἢ σοφίας, καταγγέλλων ὑμῖν τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

And I (kagō), elthōn pros you, adelphoi, ēlthon not according to hyperochēn of logou or sophias, katangellōn to you the martyrion of the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *kagō*: crasis of 'kai egō' - nominative singular - and I
• *elthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having come
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
• *adelphoi*: vocative masculine plural - brothers
• *ēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I came
• *hyperochēn*: accusative feminine singular - excellence/superiority
• *logou*: genitive masculine singular - of word/speech
• *sophias*: genitive feminine singular - of wisdom
• *katangellōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - proclaiming/announcing
• *martyrion*: accusative neuter singular - testimony/witness
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *hyperochēn*: excellence/superiority/eminence
• *logou*: word/speech/message/account
• *sophias*: wisdom/skill/intelligence
• *katangellōn*: proclaiming/announcing/declaring
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence

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 {G3361} 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 {G442} 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 {G40} 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 {G2596} 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 {G2424} 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, {G2532} your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and {G1722} kingdom and patience [which are] in {G5547} Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and {G1223} the testimony of {G5547} 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.