1 Corinthians 2:1 Parallel Translations

Brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I didn't speak about God's mystery as if it were some kind of brilliant message or wisdom. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

ASV:

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

BBE:

And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

DBY:

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

ERV:

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.

WEY:

And as for myself, brethren, when I came to you, it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that I came, announcing to you that which God had commanded me to bear witness to.

WBS:

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

WEB:

When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

YLT:

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,

1 Corinthians 2:1 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

1 Corinthians 2:4 and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Corinthians 2:7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

1 Corinthians 2:13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:1 And {1} I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the {a} testimony of God.
(1) He returns to 1Co 1:17, that is to say, to his own example: confessing that he did not use among them either excellency of words or enticing speech of man's wisdom, but with great simplicity of speech both knew and preached Jesus Christ crucified, humbled and abject, with regard to the flesh.
(a) The Gospel.

PNT:

2:1 Christ Crucified
SUMMARY OF I CORINTHIANS 2:
The One Theme of Preaching Christ Crucified. Not Eloquence or Human Wisdom, but the Power of the Spirit. Needed. A Divine Wisdom in the Cross of Christ. This Is a Mystery Revealed to the Converted; Unseen by the. Unregenerate. The Things of the Kingdom Not Understood by the Worldly. These Are Revealed to Those Who Have the Spirit of God.
And I, brethren, when I came to you. Paul has shown, in the preceding chapter, that God chose the things and persons which the world calls foolish, and weak, and base, and of no account, in order to confute the world's wisdom and to overthrow its power. He now shows that this harmonizes with the means used at Corinth in the founding of the church.
Came not with excellence of speech or of wisdom. Not with the eloquent arts of a Grecian orator, or the speculations of a Greek philosopher; things highly esteemed at Corinth and among all the Greeks.
The testimony of God. The Revised Version has, Mystery of God, which has the support of the best MSS, and harmonizes better with the context. The gospel is often called a mystery (Eph 3:9 1Ti 3:16).

WES:

2:1 And I accordingly came to you, not with loftiness of speech or of wisdom - I did not affect either deep wisdom or eloquence. Declaring the testimony of God - What God gave me to testify concerning his Son.

MHC:

2:1-5 Christ, in his person, and offices, and sufferings, is the sum and substance of the gospel, and ought to be the great subject of a gospel minister's preaching, but not so as to leave out other parts of God's revealed truth and will. Paul preached the whole counsel of God. Few know the fear and trembling of faithful ministers, from a deep sense of their own weakness They know how insufficient they are, and are fearful for themselves. When nothing but Christ crucified is plainly preached, the success must be entirely from Divine power accompanying the word, and thus men are brought to believe, to the salvation of their souls.

CONC:

Announcing Bear Brethren Brothers Commanded Declaring Didn't Discourse Earthly Eloquence Excellence Excellency Lofty Myself Power Proclaimed Proclaiming Putting Secret Speech Superior Superiority Surpassing Testimony Wisdom Wise Witness

Announcing Commanded Declaring Discourse Earthly Eloquence Excellence Excellency Lofty Power Proclaimed Proclaiming Putting Secret Speech Superior Superiority Surpassing Testimony Wisdom Wise Witness

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