1 Corinthians 1:17

17For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and anot with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 1:23

23but we preach Christ bcrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 2:1

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

1And I, when I came to you, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
ddid not come proclaiming to you ethe testimony
Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
of God with lofty speech or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:4

4and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of gthe Spirit and of power,

2 Corinthians 2:17

17For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:2

2But we have renounced hdisgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice
Greek  to walk in
cunning or jto tamper with God’s word, but kby the open statement of the truth lwe would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 12:16-17

16But granting that mI myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit. 17Did I take advantage of you nthrough any of those whom I sent to you?

Ephesians 4:14

14so that we may no longer be children, otossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in pdeceitful schemes.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan qwith all power and false signs and wonders,

2 Peter 3:3-4

3knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come rin the last days with scoffing, sfollowing their own sinful desires. 4 tThey will say, “Where is the promise of uhis coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”
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