Exodus 4:10
English Standard Version
10 But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but (A)I am slow of speech and of tongue.”
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Exodus 4:10
New International Version
10 Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”(A)
Jeremiah 1:6
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6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, (A)I do not know how to speak, (B)for I am only a youth.”
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Jeremiah 1:6
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Exodus 6:12
English Standard Version
12 But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have (A)not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for (B)I am of uncircumcised lips?”
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Exodus 6:12
New International Version
12 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen(A) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips[a]?”(B)
Footnotes
- Exodus 6:12 Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30
2 Corinthians 11:6
English Standard Version
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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2 Corinthians 11:6
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6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,(A) but I do have knowledge.(B) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
Acts 7:22
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22 And Moses (A)was instructed in (B)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (C)mighty in his words and deeds.
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Acts 7:22
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22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians(A) and was powerful in speech and action.
Exodus 4:1
English Standard Version
Moses Given Powerful Signs
4 Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’”
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Exodus 4:1
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Signs for Moses
4 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen(A) to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”
1 Corinthians 2:1-4
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,
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- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
1 Corinthians 2:1-4
New International Version
2 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(B) 3 I came to you(C) in weakness(D) with great fear and trembling.(E) 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(F) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(G)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
Job 12:2
English Standard Version
2 “No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
Job 12:2
New International Version
2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!(A)
2 Corinthians 10:10
English Standard Version
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 10:10
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10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive(A) and his speaking amounts to nothing.”(B)
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