1 Corinthians 2:1-5 - Paul's Approach To Ministry In Corinth
1 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. 2 I determined among you to be ignorant of everything except Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ the crucified. 3 It was in weakness and fear and with great trembling that I visited you; 4 what I said, what I preached, did not rest on the plausible arguments of 'wisdom' but on the proof supplied by the Spirit and its power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on any human 'wisdom' but on the power of God.