1 And *I*, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

2 For I did not judge {it well} to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified.

3 And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;

4 and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of {the} Spirit and of power;

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: