Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,
New American Standard Bible
And when I came to you, brethren, I
King James Version
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Holman Bible
When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony
International Standard Version
When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.
A Conservative Version
And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.
American Standard Version
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
Amplified
And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming to you the
An Understandable Version
And when I came to you, brothers, it was not with eloquent words or [superior] wisdom that I proclaimed to you the testimony [or, mystery] about God.
Anderson New Testament
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
Bible in Basic English
And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.
Common New Testament
When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
As for me, my brethren, when I appear'd among you, it was not to represent to you the divine mystery in sublime language, and with human literature.
Darby Translation
And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.
Godbey New Testament
And I, brethren, having come unto you, came not in the excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming unto you the testimony of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language,
John Wesley New Testament
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And I having come to you, brethren, came not with eminence of word or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.
King James 2000
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I, [when I] came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
Modern King James verseion
And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in gloriousness of words or of wisdom, showing unto you the testimony of God.
Moffatt New Testament
Thus when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come to proclaim to you God's secret purpose with any elaborate words or wisdom.
Montgomery New Testament
And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God's great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;
NET Bible
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.
New Heart English Bible
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.
Noyes New Testament
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
Sawyer New Testament
And when I came to you, brothers, I came not with excellency of speech, or wisdom, declaring to you the mystery of God.
The Emphasized Bible
I, therefore, brethren, when I came unto you, came, not with excellency of discourse or wisdom, declaring unto you the mystery of God;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
AND I, when I came to you, brethren, came not with superior excellence of discourse or wisdom, preaching unto you the gospel of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For my own part, Brothers, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;
Webster
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
Weymouth New Testament
And as for myself, brethren, when I came to you, it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that I came, announcing to you that which God had commanded me to bear witness to.
Williams New Testament
Now when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you God's uncovered secret in rhetorical language or human philosophy,
World English Bible
When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
Worrell New Testament
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God;
Worsley New Testament
And I, when I came among you, brethren, came not with excellency of language, or of human wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God:
Themes
Ministers » Should preach » Not with enticing words of man's wisdom
Philosophy » Employment of, was not paul's method of preaching the gospel
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 2:1
Devotionals containing 1 Corinthians 2:1
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Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 2:1
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Approach To Ministry In Corinth
1 And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God, 2 for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;
1 Corinthians 2:4
and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --
1 Corinthians 2:13
which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,
Exodus 4:10
And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'O, my Lord, I am not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I am slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.'
Jeremiah 1:6-7
And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I am a youth.'
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'
Acts 18:1-4
And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,
Acts 20:21
testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 22:18
and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;
Romans 16:18
for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,
1 Corinthians 1:6
according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,
2 Corinthians 10:10
because the letters indeed -- saith one -- are weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'
2 Corinthians 11:6
and even if unlearned in word -- yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.
2 Thessalonians 1:10
when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing -- because our testimony was believed among you -- in that day;
1 Timothy 1:11
according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.
2 Timothy 1:8
therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,
1 John 4:14
And we -- we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son -- Saviour of the world;
1 John 5:11-13
and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;
Revelation 1:2
who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.
Revelation 1:9
I, John, who also am your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;
Revelation 19:10
and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, 'See -- not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'