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.