1Cor 2:1, 4, 13, 2Pe 1:16 | ISV | STEP | Preaching in the Power of God When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:1

1 Preaching in the Power of GodWhen I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret ^{▼▼Other mss. read testimony} with rhetorical language or wisdom.1Cor 1:4, 6, 13, 17; 2Cor 10:10; 11:6

1 Corinthians 2:4

4 My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever words of wisdom, but by a display of the Spirit's power,Rom 15:19; 1Cor 1:17; 2:1; 1Thes 1:5; 2Pet 1:16

1 Corinthians 2:13

13 We don't speak about these things in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words ^{▼▼Lit. in things} taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people. ^{▼▼Or in spiritual words}1Cor 1:4, 17; 2Pet 1:16

2 Peter 1:16

16 Pay Attention to God's WordWhen we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.Matt 17:1-2; Mark 9:2; John 1:14; 1Cor 1:17; 2Cor 2:17; 4:2; 1John 1:1; 4:14