1 Corinthians 2:1-6 (New International Version)

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1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom¹ 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.² 3 I came to you³ in weakness⁴ and fear, and with much trembling.⁵ 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,⁶ but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,⁷ 5 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.⁸

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6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,⁹ but not the wisdom of this age¹⁰ or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.¹¹

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