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1 And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to 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 as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
3 I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
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I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.
4 and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of 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, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
5 so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
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so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
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