⁷ by ^(A)truthful speech, and ^(B)the power of God; with ^(C)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

² For I decided to know nothing among you except ^(A)Jesus Christ and him crucified. ³ And ^(B)I was with you ^(C)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 ^(D)the Spirit and of power, ⁵ so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men^[a] but ^(E)in the power of God.