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1 Corinthians 2:4-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

4 and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive [words of] wisdom,[a] but with a demonstration of spirit and power,(A) 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.(B)

The True Wisdom.[b]

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  1. 2:4 Among many manuscript readings here the best is either “not with the persuasion of wisdom” or “not with persuasive words of wisdom,” which differ only by a nuance. Whichever reading is accepted, the inefficacy of human wisdom for salvation is contrasted with the power of the cross.
  2. 2:6–3:4 Paul now asserts paradoxically what he has previously been denying. To the Greeks who “are looking for wisdom” (1 Cor 1:22), he does indeed bring a wisdom, but of a higher order and an entirely different quality, the only wisdom really worthy of the name. The Corinthians would be able to grasp Paul’s preaching as wisdom and enter into a wisdom-conversation with him if they were more open to the Spirit and receptive to the new insight and language that the Spirit teaches.
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