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and my word and my preaching was not in subtly stirring words of man's wisdom, but in showing of Spirit and of virtue;

that your faith be not in the wisdom of men, but in the virtue of God.

For we speak wisdom among perfect men, but not wisdom of this world, neither of princes of this world, that be destroyed;

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My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(A) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(B) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(C)

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(D) but not the wisdom of this age(E) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(F)

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