And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
I - the preacher: as 1 Corinthians 2:2 describes the subject, and 1 Corinthians 2:4 the mode of preaching.
Weakness - personal and bodily (2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 12:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Galatians 4:13).
Trembling (cf. Philippians 2:12.) Not cowardly fear, but trembling anxiety to perform duty; anxious conscientiousness in contrast to "eye service" (Ephesians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 7:15; Philippians 2:12). His very weakness, as that of Christ crucified, his theme, was made the power of God (1 Corinthians 1:27).