The Spirit Reveals: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
Paul remembered arriving in Corinth. Fresh from Athens. The Areopagus speech still echoing. The philosophers who sneered. The few who believed.
He had come to Corinth differently.
I did not come with eloquence. Huperoche logou—superiority of speech. The Corinthians loved rhetoric. Their city hosted famous orators. Paul didn't compete.
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