1 Corinthians 2:1

Paul recalls that he came to Corinth not with impressive eloquence or wisdom but simply proclaiming God's testimony. His ministry deliberately depended on the message, not rhetorical skill.

Cross-references · 21

• 1 Cor 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
• 1 Cor 2:4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
• 1 Cor 2:13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
• Exod 4:10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
• 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• Rom 16:18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
• 2 Tim 1:8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• 2 Cor 11:6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
• Jer 1:6–7Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
• 2 Th 1:10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• Rev 1:2Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
• 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
• 1 Cor 1:6Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
• Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Acts 20:21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 18:1–4After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
• Acts 22:18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
• 1 Tim 1:11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• Rev 19:10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• 2 Cor 10:10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
• Rev 1:9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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