1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, 1 I did not come proclaiming the mystery 2 of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4 My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, 3 but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.