1 Corinthians 2:1 - Tree of Life Version

¹ When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with excellence of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ AS FOR myself, brethren, when I came to you, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony and evidence or mystery and secret of God [concerning what He has done through Christ for the salvation of men] in lofty words of eloquence or human philosophy and wisdom;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Common English Bible

¹ When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I didn’t come preaching God’s secrets to you like I was an expert in speech or wisdom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:1 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 4:10

But Moses said to Adonai, “Adonai, I am not a man of words—not yesterday, nor the day before, nor since You have spoken to Your servant—because I have a slow mouth and a heavy tongue.”

Isaiah 8:20

To Torah and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no light.

Acts 20:21

testifying to both Jewish and Greek people repentance to God and trust in our Lord Yeshua.

Acts 22:18

and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry! Get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Romans 16:25

Now to the One who is able to strengthen you according to my Good News and the proclamation of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages

1 Corinthians 1:17

For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News—not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Messiah would not be made of no effect.

1 Corinthians 1:6

just as the evidence of Messiah was confirmed among you.

1 Corinthians 2:13

These things we also speak—not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Ruach, explaining the spiritual to the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:4

My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power—

1 Corinthians 2:7

Rather, we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery—a wisdom that has been hidden, which God destined for our glory before the ages.

2 Corinthians 10:10

for they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his presence in person is weak and his speech of no account.”

2 Corinthians 11:6

Even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. No, in every way we have made this clear to you in all things.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

on that Day when He comes to be glorified among His kedoshim and marveled at by all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.)

1 Timothy 1:11

in keeping with what was entrusted to me, the glorious Good News of the blessed God.

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but share in suffering for the Good News according to the power of God.

1 John 4:14

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son as Savior of the world.

Revelation 1:2

who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah—to everything he saw.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and fellow partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are in Yeshua, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Yeshua.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that—for I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Yeshua. Worship God! For the testimony of Yeshua is the Spirit of Prophesy.”