1Cor 2:4-5, 13, 15:10, 2Cor 1:17, 4:2, 10:2-4, 12:15-19, Jam 3:13-18, 4:6 | ESV | STEP | and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom , but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power ,

ap 1 Pet. 5:5; Cited from Prov. 3:34 (Gk.)

1 Corinthians 2:4-5

4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^athe Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but ^cin the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:13

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

1 Corinthians 15:10

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^gI worked harder than any of them, ^hthough it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

2 Corinthians 1:17

17 Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans ⁱaccording to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

2 Corinthians 4:2

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

2 Corinthians 10:2-4

2 I beg of you ^othat when I am present I may not have to show ^pboldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the ^qweapons of ^rour warfare are not of the flesh but have ^sdivine power ^tto destroy strongholds.

2 Corinthians 12:15-19

15 ^uI will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If ^vI love you more, am I to be loved less? 16 But granting that ^wI myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit. 17 Did I take advantage of you ^xthrough any of those whom I sent to you? 18 ^yI urged Titus to go, and sent ^zthe brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is ^aain the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and ^aball for your upbuilding, beloved.

James 3:13-18

Wisdom from Above

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? ^acBy his good conduct let him show his works ^adin the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter ^aejealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not ^afthe wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, ^agdemonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But ^ahthe wisdom from above is first pure, then ^aipeaceable, gentle, open to reason, ^ajfull of mercy and good fruits, ^akimpartial and ^alsincere. 18 And ^ama harvest of righteousness ^anis sown in peace by those who make peace.

James 4:6

6 But ^aohe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^ap“God opposes the proud but ^aqgives grace to the humble.”