1 Corinthians 2:1 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 2:1

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

YLT

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God,

DBT

And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony ofGod.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1 Corinthians 2:13
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Romans 16:18
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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Ornaments of speech and philosophical skill and argument could add no weight to what came recommended by such authority. He was also among them in weakness and fear, and in much trembling; and yet his speech and preaching were in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Shows them that he had communicated to them a treasure of the truest and highest wisdom, such as exceeded all the attainments of learned men, such as could never have entered into the heart of man if it had not been revealed, nor can be received and improved to salvation but by the light and influence of that Spirit who revealed it,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thus, as the three elements, Greek cultivation, Roman polity (Lu 2:1), and the divine law given to the Jews, combined just at Christ's time, to prepare the world for the Gospel, so the same three, by God's marvellous providence, met together in the apostle to the Gentiles [CONYBEARE and HOWSON]. testimony of God--"the testimony of Christ" (1Co 1:6); therefore Christ is God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1CO 2:11CO 2:4 1CO 1:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 2:11CO 2:4 1CO 4:20
1CO 2:11CO 2:4 1TH 1:5
1CO 2:11CO 2:4 2PE 1:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 2:11CO 2:4 ROM 15:19
1CO 2:1ROM 16:18 COL 2:4
1CO 2:1EXO 4:10 JER 1:6
1CO 2:1ROM 16:18 MAT 7:15

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