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1 Corinthians 2:1
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
from Paul’s Message by the Spirit’s Power, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
What it says

Paul says that when he came to them he did not come with eloquence or wisdom as he proclaimed the testimony about God.

What it is doing

It begins with Paul's refusal of impressive presentation.

In context

1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.