Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit
1 And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come as someone superior in 2:1 Lit speechspeaking ability or 2:1 Or clevernesswisdom, as I proclaimed to you the 2:1 One early ms mysterytestimony of God. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 3 I also was with you in weakness and fear, and in great trembling, 4 and my 2:4 Lit wordmessage and my preaching were not in persuasive words of 2:4 Or clevernesswisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not 2:5 Lit berest on the 2:5 Or clevernesswisdom of mankind, but on the power of God.