1 Corinthians 2:4

First Nations Version

I did not come with strong words or great wisdom, but with the Spirit showing his power in my weakness.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:20

For Creator’s good road does not depend on talk alone but also on power.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For when we told you the good story, it was not with words only but with the power and assurance that comes from the Holy Spirit. For you know that we lived and walked among you in a good way.

1 Corinthians 1:17

For the Chosen One did not send me to perform the purification ceremony. He sent me to tell the good story, not with the wisdom found in high-sounding words, because that kind of wisdom empties the cross of the Chosen One of its power.

1 Corinthians 2:1

My sacred family members, when I came among you to tell you about Creator’s mysterious ways, I did not use big words or high-sounding wisdom.

Romans 15:19

It was through signs and wonders, done by the power of Creator’s Spirit, that I was able to finish the work of telling them the good story about the Chosen One. I traveled from Village of Peace (Jerusalem) all the way around to Land of Outside Nations (Illyricum).

2 Peter 1:16

We were not following slyly crafted, manmade stories when we made known to you the power and coming of our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. With our own eyes we saw his chiefly greatness.

1 Corinthians 2:13

So when we speak, we do not use words taught by human wisdom. Instead we use words taught by the Spirit—speaking in a spiritual manner about spiritual things.

Colossians 2:4

I am making this known to you so that no humans behaving like tricksters will fool you with their smooth words and sly arguments.

2 Peter 2:18

With empty boasts and puffed-up words, they prey on people’s weak human desires and lure them back into the wrong ways of those they have just escaped from.

1 Peter 1:12

The Spirit made it known to them that the things they searched out were for you and not for themselves. You have now learned these things from those who told you the good story by the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from the spirit-world above. Even the spirit-messengers long to see and understand more about these things.

Galatians 1:10

Do these words sound as if I am seeking honor from human beings or from the Great Spirit? Do you think I am trying to please human beings? If that were true, then I would not be a willing servant of the Chosen One.

Romans 16:18

For the ones who do this are not walking in the ways of our Honored Chief and Chosen One. Instead, they are feeding their own selfish desires, and like tricksters they use smooth words and big talk to fool the hearts of the ones who lack wisdom.

Acts 20:27

for I held back nothing from you. All that Creator has made known to me, I have given to you.

Acts 26:28

“Do you think that in such a short time I could be talked into becoming a follower of the Chosen One?” he replied.

Romans 15:13

My prayer for the Outside Nations is that the Great Spirit, who gives you this hope, will fill you with the joy and peace that comes from trusting him, so that this hope will flow like a river through your lives by the power of his Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 6:6

We walk with clean hearts as we carry sacred knowledge with patience and kindness. We stay in step with the Holy Spirit as we walk the road of love with our hearts open for all to see.