1 Corinthians 2:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
2 Cor 6:7 : 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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.
2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Cor 2:1-4
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1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
2For I determined not to know anything among you, save {G3361} 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 {G442} wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Cor 1:24-27
4 verses
79%
24but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
27but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
1 Cor 2:6-7
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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:
7but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
1 Cor 4:19-20
2 verses
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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.
20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
1 Cor 1:17-22
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17For 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.
18For the word of the cross is to them that perish {G3303} 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.
20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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.
22Seeing {G2532} that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Thess 1:5
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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.
1 Cor 3:18-20
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18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
2 Cor 13:3-4
2 verses
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3seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
4for {G2532} he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
Col 2:4
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4{G1161} This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
2 Cor 1:24
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24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
2 Cor 4:7
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7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
1 Cor 2:13
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13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the {G40} Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words].
1 Cor 1:29-30
2 verses
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29that no {G3956} flesh should glory before God.
30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
2 Cor 3:5
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5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
Eph 3:10
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10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
1 Cor 16:13
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13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
1 Thess 1:8
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8For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but {G2532} in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
2 Thess 3:9
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9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
1 Thess 2:4
71%
4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
1 Thess 2:13
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13And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
1 Cor 4:6
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6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
2 Cor 10:4
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4(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
2 Cor 5:7
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7(for we walk by faith, not by sight);
Eph 2:9
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9not of works, that no man should glory.
1 Thess 2:1
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1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
2 Cor 10:16
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16so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.
Col 2:8
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8Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
Eph 6:10
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10Finally, {G3450} {G80} be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Eph 1:19
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19and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
2 Cor 4:2
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2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
1 Cor 14:20
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20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Eph 4:14
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14that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, {G3588} after the wiles of error;
2 Tim 1:7
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7For God gave us {G1325} not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.