1 Corinthians 2:1-8
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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.
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2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
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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:
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5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
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8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.