(A)I was with you (B)in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching (C)were not with persuasive words of [a]human wisdom, (D)but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the (E)power of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:4 NU omits human

I came to you(A) in weakness(B) with great fear and trembling.(C) My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(D) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(E) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(F)

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10 “For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but (A)his bodily presence is weak, and his (B)speech contemptible.”

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10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive(A) and his speaking amounts to nothing.”(B)

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