1. And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.
2. For I did not judge it well to know anything 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 word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;