1Cor 2:1, 4, 1Pe 4:11 | 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 Peter 4:11

11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks ^foracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves ^gby the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything ^hGod may be glorified through Jesus Christ. ⁱTo him belong glory and ^jdominion forever and ever. Amen.