1 CORINTHIANS 2:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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1 Corinthians 2:1 Translation & Meaning

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And I, Κἀγὼ So also the dative case κἀμοί, and accusative case κἀμέ and (or also, even, etc.) I, (to) me And I
brethren, ἀδελφοί A brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G0001) brethren
when I came ἐλθὼν To come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) came
to πρὸς A preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated) to
you, ὑμᾶς You (as the objective of a verb or preposition) you
came ἦλθον To come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) came
not οὐ The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not not
with καθ' (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined) with
excellency ὑπεροχὴν Prominence, i.e., (figuratively) superiority (in rank or character) excellency
of speech λόγου Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) speech
or Disjunctive, or; comparative, than or
of wisdom, σοφίας Wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual) wisdom
declaring καταγγέλλων To proclaim, promulgate declaring
unto you ὑμῖν To (with or by) you unto you
the τὸ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
testimony μαρτύριον Something evidential, i.e., (genitive case) evidence given or (specially), the Decalogue (in the sacred Tabernacle) testimony
of θεοῦ A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) of
God. θεοῦ A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) God

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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.

  • 2  For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

  • 3  And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.




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