1 Corinthians 2:1-3:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

In this passage the apostle pursues his design, and reminds the Corinthians how he acted when he first preached the gospel among them. I. As to the matter or subject he tell us (1 Cor. 2:2), He determined to know nothing among them but Jesus Christ and him crucified?to make a show of no other knowledge than this, to preach nothing, to discover the knowledge of nothing, but Jesus Christ, and him crucified. Note, Christ, in his person and offices, is the sum and substance of the gospel, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

2:1-5 So, brothers, when I came to you, I did not come announcing God's secret to you with any outstanding gifts of rhetoric or wisdom, for it was my deliberate decision to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him upon his Cross. So I was with you in weakness and in diffidence and in much nervousness. My story and my proclamation were not made with persuasive words of wisdom; it was by the Spirit and by power that they were unanswerably demonstrated to be true, so that your faith... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1

And I, brethren, when I came to you ,.... This account the apostle gives of himself is occasioned, either by what he had said in the latter part of the preceding chapter, concerning the choice God has made of the foolish, weak, base, and despicable things of the world, and of his calling them by his grace both to fellowship with the saints in common, and therefore he accommodated his ministry unto them, and in particular to the ministry of the word, of which he himself was a like instance... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you - Acting suitably to my mission, which was to preach the Gospel, but not with human eloquence, 1 Corinthians 1:17 . I declared to you the testimony, the Gospel, of God, not with excellency of speech, not with arts of rhetoric, used by your own philosophers, where the excellence of the speech recommends the matter, and compensates for the want of solidity and truth: on the contrary, the testimony concerning Christ and his salvation is so supremely excellent, as to dignify... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Verse 1 1.And I, when I came Paul having begun to speak of his own method of teaching, had straightway fallen into a discussion as to the nature of gospel preaching generally. Now again he returns to speak of himself, to show that nothing in him was despised but what belonged to the nature of the gospel itself, and did in a manner adhere to it. He allows therefore that he had not had any of the aids of human eloquence or wisdom to qualify him for producing any effect, but while he acknowledges... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1

And I "I too;" I in accordance with God's method. When I came to you. The date of his first visit was in A.D. 52, and he had stayed a year and a half ( Acts 18:11 ). He had since been (roughly speaking) "three years" ( τριετίαν , Acts 20:31 ) at Ephesus. Of speech or of wisdom. I spoke to you neither oratorically nor philosophically. Hence the Apollos party, fond of the brilliant rhetoric of the young Alexandrian, spoke of Paul's speech as "contemptible" ( 2 Corinthians 10:10 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

St. Paul's own method. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

A faithful picture of a true gospel preacher. "And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech," etc. These words may be regarded as a faithful picture of a true gospel preacher. I. The grand subject of his ministry is the CRUCIFIED CHRIST . 1. Christ crucified, because he is the highest revelation of God's love for man. 2. Christ crucified, because he is the most thrilling demonstration of the wickedness of humanity. 3. Christ crucified,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

How St. Paul preached the gospel. A great truth is capable of manifold presentations. To be seen fully it must be viewed in various aspects, each of which is relative to the wholeness of the idea, while supplying to the student an increased sensibility to its excellence. Sir Joshua Reynolds speaks of his disappointment when he first saw the painting of the Transfiguration, but it grew upon him and educated his eye, the mind in the eye, to appreciate its sublimity. Hazlitt mentions a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Pauline preaching. I. WHAT IT WAS NOT . 1. It was not "with excellency of speech." Paul did not come as a rhetorician; his utterances were not orations of highly wrought eloquence. He did not seek to make the gospel palatable by presenting it with "enticing words." His manner was simple and unaffected; his diction plain and easily understood. He did not aim to carry everything before him with a flood of words, neither did he, a preacher, seek fame as an orator. He had a ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

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