1 Corinthians 1:17
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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel—and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:1
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Proclaiming Christ Crucified
2 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony[a] of God to you with superior speech or wisdom.(A)
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- 2.1 Other ancient authorities read mystery
1 Corinthians 2:13
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13 And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.[a](A)
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- 2.13 Or interpreting spiritual things spiritually or comparing spiritual things with spiritual
2 Peter 1:16
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Eyewitnesses of Christ’s Glory
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.(A)
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2 Corinthians 10:10
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10 For someone says,[a] “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”(A)
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- 10.10 Other ancient authorities read they say
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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4 My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom[a] but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,(A) 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
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- 2.4 Other ancient authorities read the persuasiveness of wisdom
John 4:2
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2 (although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized),
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2 Corinthians 11:6
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6 Even if I am untrained in speech, I certainly am not with respect to knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you.(A)
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2 Corinthians 10:3-4
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3 Indeed, we live as humans[a] but do not wage war according to human standards,[b] 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human,[c] but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments(A)
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 I will rescue you from your people and from the gentiles—to whom I am sending you(A) 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(B)
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Acts 10:48
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48 So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.(A)
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