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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

1 Corinthians 2:1

Valentin de Boulogne, Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, c. 1618–1620 · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Public domainValentin de Boulogne, Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, c. 1618–1620, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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1 Corinthians 2:1 (WEB)

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

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  • “…a competition, which can attract those only who seek renown; if indeed any renown comes from indulging in such methods of argumentation, considering that Paul, that genuine minister of the Word, whose only ornament was truth, both disdained himself to lower his style to such prettinesses, and instructs us also, in a…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Corinth. ii. 1–8.

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