2:4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Corinthians 2:13
2:13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. 1
1 Corinthians 10:5
10:5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians 11:18-19
11:18 For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
11:19 For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident. 2
1 Corinthians 15:19
15:19 For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.
1 Corinthians 15:23
15:23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him. 3
1 tn Or “combining spiritual things with spiritual words” (i.e., words the Spirit gives, as just described).
1 tnGrk “those approved may be evident among you.”
1 tnGrk “then those who belong to Christ, at his coming.”