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 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 2:13
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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
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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John 4:2
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2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
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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 10:3-4
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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 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
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
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 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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