"And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling." — 1 Corinthians 2:3

1 Corinthians 2:3 · KJV

“And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.”

— 1 Corinthians 2:3

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And my speech and my preaching {was} not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: {enticing: or, persuasible}

1 Corinthians 2 — Context

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And my speech and my preaching {was} not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: {enticing: or, persuasible}

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. {stand: Gr. be}

Cross References

2 Corinthians 13:4

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. {in him: or, with him}

1 Corinthians 4:10-13

We {are} fools for Christ's sake, but ye {are} wise in Christ; we {are} weak, but ye {are} strong; ye {are} honourable, but we {are} despised.

2 Corinthians 12:5-10

Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, {even} your perfection. {perfection: or, reformation, or, restoration}

2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

Galatians 4:13-14

Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in all {things} approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, {approving: Gr. commending}

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;