"For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of
Christ: for it
is the power of
God unto salvation
to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first,
and
also to the Greek. For therein
is the righteousness of God revealed
from [Jewish] faith
to [Gentile] faith:
as it is written,
The
just shall live
by faith"
(Rom 1:16-17)
"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: That your faith should not
stand in the wisdom of
men, but in the power of God”
(1 Corinthians 2:1-5).