American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 2:5
5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
- New International Version (NIV)so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
- English Standard Version (ESV)so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Context of 1 Corinthians 2:5
3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 6We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: 7but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
Read all of 1 Corinthians 21 Corinthians 2:5 word by word
ἵνα ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν μὴ ᾖ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ᾽ ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 2:5
- 1 Corinthians 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
- 2 Corinthians 6:7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5That your faith should not stand - That the illumination of your souls and your conversion to God might appear to have nothing human in it: your belief, therefore, of the truths which have been proposed to you is founded, not in human wisdom, but in Divine power: human wisdom was not employed; and human power, if it had been employed, could not have produced the change.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5That your faith - That is, that your belief of the divine origin of the Christian religion. Should not stand - Greek, “should not be;” that is, should not rest upon this; or be sustained by this. God intended to furnish you a firm and solid demonstration that the religion which you embraced was from Him; and this could not be if its preaching had been attended with the graces of eloquence, or the abstractions of refined metaphysical reasoning. It would…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5God's control made Paul's preaching successful. Paul did not depend on his intelligence or personality for evangelism. Instead, he relied on the Holy Spirit's power (see also study note on 1 Corinthians 1:18–31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. stand in ... wisdom of men--rest on it, owe its origin and continuance to it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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