1 Corinthians 2:4

Modern English Version

My speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Cross References

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a slanderer betrays secrets; therefore associate not with the babbler.

Proverbs 7:21

With her enticing speech she led him astray; with her flattering lips she seduced him.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him. Yes, denounce him!” All my familiar friends who watch for my fall, say, “Perhaps he will be enticed so that we can prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

Ezekiel 13:6

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, “The Lord says,” when the Lord has not sent them. And they have made others to hope for the confirmation of their word.

Acts 20:27

For I did not keep from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to be a Christian.”

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:19

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites, and through smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

1 Corinthians 2:1

Brothers, when I came to you, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

1 Corinthians 2:13

These things also we proclaim, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

1 Corinthians 4:20

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

2 Corinthians 6:6

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

Galatians 1:10

For am I now seeking the approval of men or of God? Or am I trying to please men? For if I were still trying to please men, I would not be the servant of Christ.

Colossians 2:4

Now this I say lest anyone beguile you with enticing words.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, just as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves, but us, concerning the things which are now announced to you, by those who have preached the gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven —things into which angels desire to look.

2 Peter 1:16

For we have not followed cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak arrogant words of vanity, they entice by the lusts of the flesh and by depravity those who barely escaped from those who live in error.

Judges 14:15

On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Trick your groom into telling us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to steal what we have? Is that not so?”

Judges 16:5

The Philistine rulers came up to her and said, “Trick him! Find out about how his strength is so great and how we can overcome him, bind him, and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver coins. ”