1 Corinthians 2:5

that youre fayth shuld not stonde in the wysdome of me but in the power of God.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

In Context

4And my wordes and my preachinge were not with entysynge wordes of manes wysdome: but in shewinge of the sprete and of power

6That we speake of is wysdome amonge them that are perfecte: not the wysdome of this worlde nether of the rulars of this worlde (which go to nought)

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preache the gospell not with wysdome of wordes lest the crosse of Christ shuld have bene made of none effecte.

2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in erthe vessels that the excellent power of it myght appere to be of God and not of vs.

2 Corinthians 12:9And he sayde vnto me: my grace is sufficient for the. For my strength is made perfact thorow weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 2:2-6

The Apostle's Ministry. ( a. d. 57.) 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: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in… Read the whole commentary →

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