1 Corinthians 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
  • 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
  • 1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

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    1 And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

    2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

    3 And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

    4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

  • 1 Cor 1:24-27
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    24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

    25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

    26 For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

    27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

  • 1 Cor 2:6-7
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    6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

    7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

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    19 But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

    20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

  • 1 Cor 1:17-22
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    17 For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

    18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

    19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

    20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

    22 Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

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    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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    18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

    20 And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

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    3 Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

    4 For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

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    4 I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

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    24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

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    7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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    13 And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

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    29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.

    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

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    5 Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

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    10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

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    13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

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    8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

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    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

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    4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

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    13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

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    6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

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    4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

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    7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

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    9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

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    1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:

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    16 So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

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    10 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

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    19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

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    2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

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    20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

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    14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

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    7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.