My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,

But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]