1 Corinthians 2:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ This was so that your faith would not [have to] depend on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Common English Bible

⁵ I did this so that your faith might not depend on the wisdom of people but on the power of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God.

1 Corinthians 2:5 Cross References

Acts 16:14

A certain woman named Lydia, from the town of Thyatira, who sold purple cloth [for a living], was there. She was a worshiper of God and when she heard us [telling about salvation through Christ], the Lord opened her heart to respond to the message being spoken by Paul.

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to immerse people, but to preach the good news. [Note: Christ specifically commissioned Paul to preach; most of the immersing was done by his attendants]. It was not to be done with words of [human] wisdom, so that the [message of the] cross of Christ would not have its power taken away.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God’s word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But God said to me, “My unearned favor is enough for you, for my power is made complete in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast, so that the power of Christ can rest on me.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure [i.e., the Gospel message] in clay pots [i.e., the mortal bodies of the apostles] to show that the [i.e., its] extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by preaching the truth; through the power of God [i.e., possibly including miracles]; and by [using] weapons of righteousness in [our] right and left hands. [Note: This could allude to offensive and defensive weapons and means that Paul was fully equipped to do whatever was right].