1. And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom.
2. For I did not judge myself to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling.
4. And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
5. so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God.
6. Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.
7. Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory,