1 Corinthians 2:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Cross References

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him.”

Ezekiel 13:6

They have spoken falsehood and divined a lie; they say, ‘Says the Lord,’ when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfil their word.

Acts 20:27

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time you think to make me a Christian!”

Romans 15:13

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

Romans 15:19

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

Romans 16:18

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:13

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 4:20

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

2 Corinthians 6:6

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

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Colossians 2:4

I say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

for our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things which 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 long to look.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow 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, uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

Judges 14:15

On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, “Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

Judges 16:5

And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”