1 Corinthians 2:1-5

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

[1] And I,  brethren,  when I came  to  came  not  with  excellency  of speech  or  of wisdom,  declaring  the testimony  of God.  [2] For  I determined  not  to know  any thing  among  Jesus  Christ,  and  crucified.  [3] And  was  with  in  weakness,  and  in  fear,  and  in  much  trembling.  [4] And  speech  and  preaching  was not  with  enticing  words  wisdom,  but  in  demonstration  of the Spirit  and  of power:  [5] That  faith  not  in  the wisdom  of men,  but  in  the power  of God. 

What does 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Paul offered the example of his preaching among the Corinthians as a further illustration of what the wisdom of God can do in contrast to what the words that humans regard as wisdom can do.
"The matters of literary context and the continuity of the argument are all important in understanding1Corinthians2. Otherwise, much of the chapter reads like pure gnosticism, and Paul is made the advocate of a private religion reserved for the spiritual elite ( 1 Corinthians 2:6-16)." [1]