solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
1 Corinthians 2:1 - English Majority Text Version And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ. |
solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
and saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and go out quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your witness about Me.'
For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and through smooth speech and flattering, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
(14:24) Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began,
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of its power.
which we also speak, not in words taught in human wisdom, but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
And my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the wisdom having been hidden, which God foreordained before the ages for our glory,
"For his letters," they say, "are severe and boisterous, but his bodily presence is feeble, and his speech amounts to nothing."
But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not inferior in knowledge, but in every way I was made known to you in all things.
whenever He comes, in that Day, to be glorified among His saints and to be marveled among all those having believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but endure hardship with the gospel according to the power of God,
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
who testified to the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things as He saw, both the things that are and those that must happen after these.
I, John, your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus, came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And I fell before his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do not! I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."