1 Corinthians 2:4

New American Bible - revised edition

and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive [words of] wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power,

Cross References

Proverbs 20:19

A slanderer reveals secrets; so have nothing to do with a babbler!

Proverbs 7:21

She wins him over by repeated urging, with her smooth lips she leads him astray.

Jeremiah 20:10

Yes, I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he can be tricked; then we will prevail, and take our revenge on him.”

Ezekiel 13:6

False visions! Lying divinations! They say, “The oracle of the Lord,” even though the Lord did not send them. Then they expect their word to be confirmed!

Acts 20:27

for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God.

Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to play the Christian.”

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy Spirit. Apostle to the Gentiles.

Romans 15:19

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit [of God], so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching the gospel of Christ.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning. Paradox of the Cross.

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, brothers, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:13

And we speak about them not with words taught by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, describing spiritual realities in spiritual terms.

1 Corinthians 4:20

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

2 Corinthians 6:6

by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, in a holy spirit, in unfeigned love,

Galatians 1:10

Am I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. His Call by Christ.

Colossians 2:4

I say this so that no one may deceive you by specious arguments.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and [with] much conviction. You know what sort of people we were [among] you for your sake.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you with regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you [through] the holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels longed to look. Obedience.

2 Peter 1:16

We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

2 Peter 2:18

For, talking empty bombast, they seduce with licentious desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped from people who live in error.

Judges 14:15

and on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Trick your husband into solving the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your family. Did you invite us here to reduce us to poverty?”

Judges 16:5

The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said, “Trick him and find out where he gets his great strength, and how we may overcome and bind him so as to make him helpless. Then for our part, we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”