1Cor 2:1, 4 | ESV | STEP | And I , when I came to you , brothers , did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom .

b ver. 4, 13; [2 Cor. 1:12]; See ch. 1:17

e ch. 4:20; Rom. 15:13, 19; 1 Thess. 1:5; 2 Pet. 1:16

1 Corinthians 2:1

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} ^bdid not come proclaiming to you ^cthe testimony ^{▼▼Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)} of God with lofty speech or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:4

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