Bible verse
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
1 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 2.
1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
KJV
And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
ASV
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
ERV
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
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