Protestantism
English
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God,
And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of1 God.
- 2.1 Elohim
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellencie of woordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.
And I brethren when I came to you came not in gloriousnes of wordes or of wysdome shewynge vnto you the testimony of God.
And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.
He declares that his preaching, 1 though it bring not excellency of speech, or of 4 human wisdom: yet consists in the 4. 5 power of God: and so far excells 6 the wisdom of this world, and 9 human sense, as that 14 the natural man cannot understand it.
And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
AND I, when I came to you, brethren, came not with superior excellence of discourse or wisdom, preaching unto you the gospel of God.
And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with puffed up speech or wisdom to declare unto you the testimony of God.
AND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Paul’s Approach to Ministry in Corinth
And I, when I1 came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony2 of God.
- *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
- Some manuscripts have “mystery”
And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellency of word or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery1 of God.2
- NU P (Aleph1 A C OL(a r) bo; Hippolytus, et al.). M TR (B 33 1739 OL(b) sa, et al.) read "testimony" instead of "mystery." î46 reads either [must]erion "mystery" or [sot]erion "salvation" (489 927 2629 L598 L593 L599)
- Vg reads "testimony of Christ"
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery1 of God.2
- NU P (Aleph1 A C OL(a r) bo; Hippolytus, et al.). M TR (B 33 1739 OL(b) sa, et al.) read "testimony" instead of "mystery." î46 reads either [must]erion "mystery" or [sot]erion "salvation" (489 927 2629 L598 L593 L599)
- Vg reads "testimony of Christ"
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery1 of God.2
- NU P (Aleph1 A C OL(a r) bo; Hippolytus, et al.). M TR (B 33 1739 OL(b) sa, et al.) read "testimony" instead of "mystery." î46 reads either [must]erion "mystery" or [sot]erion "salvation" (489 927 2629 L598 L593 L599)
- Vg reads "testimony of Messiah"
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
For my own part, friends, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;
For my own part, friends, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of יהוה.
I, therefore, brethren, when I came unto you, came, not with excellency of discourse or wisdom, declaring unto you the mystery of God;
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
For my own part, Brothers, when I came to you, it was with no display of eloquence or philosophy that I came to tell the hidden purpose of God;
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech (o. logos) or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Catholicism
English
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ.
His preaching was not in loftiness of words, but in spirit and power. And the wisdom he taught was not to be understood by the worldly wise or sensual man, but only by the spiritual man.
And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom.