Parallel Verses
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;
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.
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:
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,
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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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 2:1
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 2:1
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Paul's Approach To Ministry In Corinth
1 I, therefore, brethren, when I came unto you, came, not with excellency of discourse or wisdom, declaring unto you the mystery of God; 2 For I had not determined to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, - and, him, as one who had been crucified!
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not, to be immersing, but to be telling the good news, - not with wisdom of discourse, lest, void should be made, the cross of the Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:4
And, my discourse, and what I proclaimed, were not in suasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and power:
1 Corinthians 2:13
Which we also speak - not in words taught of human wisdom, but in such as are taught of the Spirit, by spiritual words, spiritual things, explaining.
Exodus 4:10
And Moses said unto Yahweh - Pardon, O My Lord! not a man of words, am I, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant, - for heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue, I am.
Jeremiah 1:6-7
Then said I - Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak, - For a child, am I!
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, It is , because they have no dawning day.
Acts 18:1-4
After these things, withdrawing from Athens, he came unto Corinth;
Acts 20:21
bearing full witness, both to Jews and to Greeks, as to the repentance due unto God, and as to belief on our Lord Jesus.
Acts 22:18
and saw him, saying unto me - Haste thee, and go forth speedily out of Jerusalem, inasmuch as they will not accept thy witness concerning me.
Romans 16:18
For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly, - and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.
1 Corinthians 1:6
Even as, the witness of the Christ, hath been confirmed in you,
2 Corinthians 10:10
Because, The letters, it is true (saith one), are weighty and strong, but, the presence of the body, is weak, and, the discourse, contemptible; -
2 Corinthians 11:6
And, even if uncultured in my discourse, certainly not in my knowledge, - but, in every way, having made it manifest, in all things, unto you.
2 Thessalonians 1:10
Whensoever he shall come, to be made all-glorious in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all who believed, - because our witness unto you was believed, - in that day.
1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glad-message of the glory of the happy God, with which entrusted am, I.
2 Timothy 1:8
Be not thou, therefore, put to shame - with regard to the witness of our Lord, nor with regard to me his prisoner; but suffer hardship together with the glad-message according to the power of God, -
1 John 4:14
And, we, for ourselves have gazed, and are bearing witness - that, the Father, sent forth the Son, as Saviour of the world.
1 John 5:11-13
And, this, is the witness: - that, life age-abiding, hath God given unto us, and, this life, is, in his Son:
Revelation 1:2
who bare witness as to the word of God, and the witness of Jesus Christ, - whatsoever things he saw.
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother, and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, came to be in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and the witness of Jesus.
Revelation 19:10
And I fell down at his feet, to do him homage; and he saith unto me - See! thou do it not! A fellow-servant, am I, of thee and of thy brethren who have the witness of Jesus: unto God, do homage! For, the witness of Jesus, is the spirit of the prophecy.