Paul’s Proclamation
1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery 2:1 Other mss read testimony of God to you, I did not come with brilliance 2:1 1Tm 2:2 of speech 2:1 Col 4:6 or wisdom. 2 I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 2:2 1Co 1:23–24; Gl 6:143 I came to you in weakness, 2:3 2Co 11:30 in fear, 2:3 Rv 11:11 and in much trembling. 2:3 Php 2:124 My speech 2:4 Mt 12:37 and my preaching were not with persuasive 2:4 Php 1:25 words of wisdom 2:4 Other mss read human wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power. 2:5 Mk 5:30; Lk 1:35; 6:19; Ac 19:11; 2Co 13:4; 2Tm 1:7; Rv 11:17