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1 Corinthians 1:17
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1 Corinthians 1:17
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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and (A)not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
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1 Corinthians 1:17
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1 Corinthians 1:17
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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(A) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(B) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
1 Corinthians 2:1
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1 Corinthians 2:1
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Proclaiming Christ Crucified
2 And I, when I came to you, brothers,[a] (A)did not come proclaiming to you (B)the testimony[b] of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
1 Corinthians 2:1
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1 Corinthians 2:1
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2 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
1 Corinthians 2:13
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1 Corinthians 2:13
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13 And we impart this (A)in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, (B)interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual
1 Corinthians 2:13
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1 Corinthians 2:13
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13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(A) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
2 Peter 1:16
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2 Peter 1:16
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16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,(A) but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.(B)
2 Corinthians 10:10
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2 Corinthians 10:10
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10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but (A)his bodily presence is weak, and (B)his speech of no account.”
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2 Corinthians 10:10
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2 Corinthians 10:10
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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)
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 But we have renounced (A)disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[a] cunning or (B)to tamper with God's word, but (C)by the open statement of the truth (D)we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:2 Greek to walk in
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;(A) we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.(B) On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience(C) in the sight of God.
1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (A)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[a] but (B)in the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(A) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(B) 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(C)
John 4:2
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John 4:2
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2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
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John 4:2
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John 4:2
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2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
2 Corinthians 11:6
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2 Corinthians 11:6
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6 (A)Even if I am unskilled in speaking, (B)I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way (C)we have made this plain to you in all things.
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2 Corinthians 11:6
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2 Corinthians 11:6
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6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,(A) but I do have knowledge.(B) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
2 Corinthians 10:3-4
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2 Corinthians 10:3-4
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3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the (A)weapons of (B)our warfare are not of the flesh but have (C)divine power (D)to destroy strongholds.
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2 Corinthians 10:3-4
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2 Corinthians 10:3-4
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3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.(A) 4 The weapons we fight with(B) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(C) to demolish strongholds.(D)
Acts 26:17-18
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 (A)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—(B)to whom I (C)am sending you 18 (D)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (E)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (F)forgiveness of sins and (G)a place among those who are sanctified (H)by faith in me.’
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Acts 26:17-18
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 I will rescue you(A) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(B) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(C) and turn them from darkness to light,(D) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(E) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(F)
Acts 10:48
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Acts 10:48
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48 And he (A)commanded them (B)to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
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Acts 10:48
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Acts 10:48
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48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.(A) Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.
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