4My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,


In Context

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

2 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And my speech and my preaching was not in the persuasive words of human wisdom, but in shewing of the Spirit and power;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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: