1. When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan.
2. For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.
3. I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.
4. And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
5. I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.
6. Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten.