And when I cameto you, brethren,I did not comewith superiorityof speechorof wisdom,proclaimingto you the testimonyof God.
Then Mosessaidto the LORD,"Please,Lord,I have neverbeen eloquent,neitherrecentlynorin timepast,norsinceYou have spokento Your servant;for I am slowof speechand slowof tongue."
To the lawand to the testimony!Ifthey do not speakaccording to thisword,it is becausethey havenodawn.
solemnly testifyingto bothJewsand Greeksof repentancetowardGodand faithin our LordJesusChrist.
and I sawHim sayingto me, 'Make haste,and getout of Jerusalemquickly,becausethey will not acceptyour testimonyaboutMe.'
For such menare slaves,not of our LordChristbut of their ownappetites;and by their smoothand flattering speechthey deceivethe heartsof the unsuspecting.
Nowto Him who is ableto establishyou accordingto my gospeland the preachingof JesusChrist,accordingto the revelationof the mysterywhich has been kept secretfor long agespast,
For Christdid not sendme to baptize,but to preach the gospel,not in clevernessof speech,sothat the crossof Christwould not be made void.
evenas the testimonyconcerning Christwas confirmedin you,
whichthings we alsospeak,not in wordstaughtby humanwisdom,but in those taughtby the Spirit,combiningspiritual[thoughts] with spiritual[words].
and my messageand my preachingwere not in persuasivewordsof wisdom,but in demonstrationof the Spiritand of power,
but we speakGod'swisdomin a mystery,the hidden[wisdom] whichGodpredestinedbeforethe agesto our glory;
For they say,"His lettersare weightyand strong,but his personalpresenceis unimpressiveand his speechcontemptible."
But evenifI am unskilledin speech,yetI am not [so] in knowledge;in fact,in everywaywe have made [this] evidentto you in all things.
whenHe comesto be glorifiedin His saintson that day,and to be marveledat amongallwho have believed--for our testimonyto you was believed.
accordingto the gloriousgospelof the blessedGod,with whichI have been entrusted.
Thereforedo not be ashamedof the testimonyof our Lordorof me His prisoner,but join with [me] in sufferingfor the gospelaccordingto the powerof God,
We have seenand testifythat the Fatherhas sentthe Son[to be] the Saviorof the world.
whotestifiedto the wordof Godand to the testimonyof JesusChrist,[even] to allthat he saw.
I, John,your brotherand fellow partakerin the tribulationand kingdomand perseverance[which are] in Jesus,was on the islandcalledPatmosbecauseof the wordof Godand the testimonyof Jesus.
ThenI fellat his feetto worshiphim. But he saidto me, "Do not dothat; I ama fellow servantof yoursand your brethrenwho holdthe testimonyof Jesus;worshipGod.For the testimonyof Jesusis the spiritof prophecy."