1 Corinthians 2:1 - Exposition

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 ). The testimony of God; that is, the witness borne to Christ by the Father ( 1 John 5:10 , 1 John 5:11 ).