Exo 4:10, Jer 1:6, 1Cor 1:17, 21, 2:1-4, 2Cor 11:6 | ESV | STEP | But Moses said to the Lord , Oh , my Lord , I am not eloquent , either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant , but I am slow of speech and of tongue .

Exodus 4:10

10 But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but ^aI am slow of speech and of tongue.”

Jeremiah 1:6

6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, ^bI do not know how to speak, ^cfor I am only a youth.”

1 Corinthians 1:17

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and ^dnot with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 1:21

21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach ^{▼▼Or the folly of preaching} to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:1-4

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} ^gdid not come proclaiming to you ^hthe testimony ^{▼▼Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)} of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except ^jJesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And ^kI was with you ^lin 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 ^mthe Spirit and of power,

2 Corinthians 11:6

6 ⁿEven if I am unskilled in speaking, ^oI am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way ^pwe have made this plain to you in all things.