1 Corinthians 2:3
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
- KJV
- And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- WEB
- I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
- ASV
- And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- DARBY
- And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;
- BLB
- And I was with you⁺ in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.
- ÅB
- Og jeg var hos dere i skrøpelighet og i frykt og i mye beven,
- OTB
- Jeg var også hos dere i svakhet, og frykt, og i mye skjelving,
- B1930
- Og jeg var hos eder i skrøpelighet og i frykt og i megen beven,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 13:4
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:10–13
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:5–10
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
Read in context2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
Read in contextGalatians 4:13–14
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:7–12
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
Read in context