2 Corinthians 10:10

For they say "His letters are authoritative and forcible, but his personal presence is unimpressive, and as for eloquence, he has none."

1 Corinthians 1:17

Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the Good News; and not in merely wise words--lest the Cross of Christ should be deprived of its power.

2 Corinthians 11:6

And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.

Galatians 4:13-14

And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you,

Galatians 4:13

And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you,

Galatians 4:13

And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you,

For after the world by its wisdom--as God in His wisdom had ordained--had failed to gain the knowledge of God, God was pleased, by the apparent foolishness of the Message which we preach, to save those who accepted it.

1 Corinthians 2:1-4

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.

2 Corinthians 10:1

But as for me Paul, I entreat you by the gentleness and self-forgetfulness of Christ--I who when among you have not an imposing personal presence, but when absent am fearlessly outspoken in dealing with you.

2 Corinthians 12:5-9

Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

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Summary

2 Corinthians 10:10

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Say they

2 Corinthians 10:11

But

And his

2 Corinthians 11:6

1 Corinthians 1:17

1 Corinthians 2:1

General references

1 Corinthians 1:27

1 Corinthians 2:3

Bible References

Say they

Let such people take this into their reckoning, that whatever we are in word by our letters when absent, the same are we also in act when present.

But

Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.

And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you,

And his

And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.

Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the Good News; and not in merely wise words--lest the Cross of Christ should be deprived of its power.

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.

General references

But God has chosen the things which the world regards as foolish, in order to put its wise men to shame; and God has chosen the things which the world regards as destitute of influence, in order to put its powerful things to shame;

And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.