7 Bible Verses about Eloquence
Most Relevant Verses
In the mean time a Jew, nam'd Apollos, born at Alexandria, a man of letters, and vers'd in the scriptures, arriv'd at Ephesus.
when some out of the several synagogues, belonging to the freed men, to the Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and to those of Cilicia, and of Asia, came to dispute with Stephen. but as they were not able to withstand the force of that sublime knowledge which appeared in his discourse,
for Christ did not send me to baptize: but to preach the gospel: tho' not with the preaching of the wise, lest the cross of Christ should have been hinder'd in its efficacy.
(for 'tis objected that my letters are weighty and powerful, but my bodily presence weak, and my preaching
if my language is inelegant, my knowledge is not contemptible; but has been fully display'd among you on all occasions.
for I will make you speak with such strength of argument, as all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or withstand.
when their language swells with vanity, by applying to the sensual passions of the licentious, they allure those who were escap'd for a while, from such deceivers:
