1 Corinthians 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That your faith should not standb in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. ”

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That your faith - That is, that your belief of the divine origin of the Christian religion. Should not stand - Greek, “should not be;” that is, should not rest upon this; or be sustained by t...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. (3) And he tells the Corinthians that he did it for their great profit, because they might by this know manifestly...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:18 to 1 Corinthians 2:5 . The Cross, Folly to the World, is the Power and Wisdom of God. Paul now explains and justifies 1 Corinthians 1:17 b , which to Greek readers must hav...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

That . In order that. Greek. hina. faith App-150. stand . be. men . App-123.
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. That your faith should not be in the wisdom of men. To be is used here as meaning to consist His meaning, then, is, that the Corinthians derived this advantage from his having preached...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1935 APOSTOLIC PREACHING 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 . My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. That your faith should not stand - That the illumination of your souls and your conversion to God might appear to have...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That your faith should not stand, &c.— Their faith being built wholly on divine revelation and miracles, whereby all human abilitieswere shut out, there could be no reason for any of them to bo...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Stand in the wisdom of men - rest on, owe its origin and continuance to, it.
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nature of St. Paul's Preaching 1-5. Paraphrase. 'When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt to reconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to the proclamation of the fac...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 4 THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING In the preceding section of this Epistle Paul introduced the subject which was prominent in his thoughts as he wrote: the divided state of the Corinthian C...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Glory in Men's Weakness 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Like the sons of Jesse before Samuel, so do the successive regiments on which the world relies pass before Christ. The...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle reminds the Corinthian Christians that when he first came to them he did not come with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, but with "the Word of the Cross." Yet there must be no foolish i...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 anything among you, save Jesus Chri...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That your faith should not stand ,.... "Or be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God". The Spirit of God directed him, and he under his influence chose, and by his assistance pursued this way...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Ver. 5. That your faith, &c. ] A human testimony can breed but a human faith. Aaron's bells were of pure gold;...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For I determined not to know any thing , &c. To act as one who knew nothing, or to waive all my other knowledge, and not to preach any thing save Jesus Christ and him crucified That is, what h...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It was through Paul that the Corinthians had been brought to God; and he here reminds them that when he first came there, he had avoided the use of high-sounding speech and intellectual arguments: it...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Ministry. A. D. 57. 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excelle...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Faith properly signifieth our assent to a thing that is told us, and because it is told us. If the revelation be from man, it is no more than a human faith. If it be from God, and we believe the th...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, and my word and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( For many points, see Homiletic Analysis .) 1 Corinthians 2:1 . I .—Slightly emphatic; q.d . “I was myself also in complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’s...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:2 . I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified. That is, to know him in the glory of his person, as revealed in the oracles of truth. “I and...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 2:1-46 St. Paul's own method. 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...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preaching of the Cross. Paul's preaching not in man's wisdom:
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:17 ; 1 Corinthians 3:6 ; 2 Corinthians 4:7 ; 2 Corinthians 6:7 ; Acts 16:14
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Paul the Preacher 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle, Paul, now is speaking of the kind of an entrance he had among the Corinthians. He had been very happy to move among them...
1 Corinthians 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That your faith might not be built on the wisdom or power of man, but on the wisdom and power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes