1Cor 2:1, 4, 13, 2Cor 4:2, 10:3-4, 10, 2Pe 1:16 | 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 .

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,

1 Corinthians 2:13

13 And we impart this ^fin words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ^ginterpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. ^{▼▼Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual}

2 Corinthians 4:2

2 But we have renounced ⁱdisgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice ^{▼▼Greek to walk in} cunning or ^kto tamper with God’s word, but ^lby the open statement of the truth ^mwe would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the ⁿweapons of ^oour warfare are not of the flesh but have ^pdivine power ^qto destroy strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:10

10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but ^rhis bodily presence is weak, and ^shis speech of no account.”

2 Peter 1:16

Christ’s Glory and the Prophetic Word

16 For we did not follow ^tcleverly devised ^umyths when we made known to you ^vthe power and ^wcoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but ^xwe were eyewitnesses of his majesty.