1 Corinthians 2:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto 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 with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
• 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
• 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
• Exod 4:10 : 10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but 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, it is because there is no light in them.
• Jer 1:6-7 : 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
• Acts 18:1-4 : 1 {G1161} After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;(because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the 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: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
• Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
• 1 Cor 1:6 : 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
• 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
• 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
• 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
• Rev 1:2 : 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.