7 Bible Verses about Eloquence
Most Relevant Verses
Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen. But they could not stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospelnot with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is weak, and his speech of no account."
But even if I am unskilled in speech, I am not in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity, they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.