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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 1:17
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1 Corinthians 1:17
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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.
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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]
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
1 Corinthians 2:1
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1 Corinthians 2:1
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2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
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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]
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
1 Corinthians 2:13
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1 Corinthians 2:13
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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.
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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 Peter 1:16
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2 Peter 1:16
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16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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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 10:10
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2 Corinthians 10:10
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10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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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.
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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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)
1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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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:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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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.
John 4:2
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John 4:2
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2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
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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 11:6
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2 Corinthians 11:6
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6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
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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)
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 do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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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 26:17-18
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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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.
Acts 10:48
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Acts 10:48
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48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
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