And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

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My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(A) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(B)

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11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God.(A) If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides,(B) so that in all things God may be praised(C) through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.(D)

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