1 Corinthians 2:3
“And I was with you in weakenesse, and in feare, and in much trembling.”
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1 Corinthians 2:3 Context
1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellencie of speech, or of wisedome, declaring vnto you the testimony of God. 2For I determined not to know any thing amōg you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I was with you in weakenesse, and in feare, and in much trembling. 4And my speech, and my preaching was not with entising words of mans wisedome, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power: 5That your faith should not stand in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- King James Version
I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.
- Basic English Bible
And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;
- Darby Bible
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- Webster's Bible
And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.
- Weymouth Bible
I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
- World English Bible
And Y in sikenesse, and drede, and myche trembling, was among you;
- Wycliffe Bible
and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 2:3
2:3 And I was with you - At my first entrance. In weakness - Of body, #2Cor 12:7| And in fear - Lest I should offend any. And in much trembling - The emotion of my mind affecting my very body.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 2:3
1Co 2:3 I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. In this great center of Greek culture, he felt a human timidity at first in presenting the simple gospel in the face of the splendors of the Greek philosophy.