1Cor 2:1-4, 13, 2Cor 10:10-11 | 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 2:1-4

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. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except ^eJesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And ^fI was with you ^gin weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^hthe Spirit and of power,

1 Corinthians 2:13

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

2 Corinthians 10:10-11

10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but ^lhis bodily presence is weak, and ^mhis speech of no account.” 11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.