Key Verse Spotlight
1 Corinthians 2:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.”
1 Corinthians 2:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
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.
And my speech and my preaching {was} not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: {enticing: or, persuasible}
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. {stand: Gr. be}
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