1 Corinthians 2:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

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  • 1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
  • 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
  • Exod 4:10 : 10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken to your 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 do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Jer 1:6-7 : 6 Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
  • Acts 18:1-4 : 1 After these things, Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome, and he came to them. 3 And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, 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 to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 22:18 : 18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive 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 powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
  • 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 Even though I am unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly revealed 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 who 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 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
  • 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.
  • Rev 1:2 : 2 Who bore witness 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 am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island 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 to me, See that you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren that have 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 except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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

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

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

    6However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

  • 1 Cor 1:17-19
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

    18For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1For you yourselves, brothers, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:

    2But even after we had suffered before and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

  • Gal 1:11-12
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    11But I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

    12For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

  • Gal 1:16
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    16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • 1 Cor 15:1
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    1Moreover, brothers and sisters, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, and in which you stand;

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

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

  • Rom 1:13
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    13Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, (but was hindered until now,) that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among other Gentiles.

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    15And in this confidence, I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit;

    16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way toward Judea.

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

  • 1 Cor 3:1
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    1And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to infants in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1It is not profitable for me, doubtless, to boast. 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 wills, and I will know not the words of those who are puffed up, but the power.

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    12Now I say this, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

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    2And I went up by revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

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    23But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;

    24But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: for working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

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    12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

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    1Now we beseech you, brothers, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    5For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:

    6Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  • Gal 1:2
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    2And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

  • Gal 4:13
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    13You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.

  • 2 Cor 11:5-7
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    5For I consider that I am not in any way inferior to the very chief apostles.

    6Even though I am unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly revealed among you in all things.

    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

  • 1 Thess 1:8
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    8For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.

  • 1 Cor 14:6
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    6Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you by revelation, knowledge, prophesying, or doctrine?

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

  • 2 Cor 11:17
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    17That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as if foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

  • 3 John 1:3
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    3For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
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    15Lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.

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

  • Acts 20:18
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    18And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you,

  • Col 2:4
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    4And this I say, lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words.