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1 Corinthians 2:1-4 New International Version (NIV)

1. And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

2. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

3. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

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