1 Corinthians 2:1-5
English Standard Version
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. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except (C)Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And (D)I was with you (E)in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (F)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[c] but (G)in the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
International Standard Version
Preaching in the Power of God
2 When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come and tell you about God’s secret[a] with rhetorical language or wisdom. 2 For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah,[b] and him crucified. 3 It was in weakness, fear, and great trembling that I came to you. 4 My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Other mss. read testimony
- 1 Corinthians 2:2 Or Christ
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