2. 1 Corinthians 2:1-8 NIV
"And so it was with me, brothers and sisters.
When I came to you, I did not come with
eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed
to you the testimony about God. For I
resolved to know nothing while I was with
you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3. I came to you in weakness with great fear
and trembling. My message and my
preaching were not with wise and persuasive
words, but with a demonstration of the
Spirit's power, so that your faith might not
rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.
4. We do, however, speak a message of wisdom
among the mature, but not the wisdom of
this age or of the rulers of this age, who are
coming to nothing. No, we declare God's
wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and
that God destined for our glory before time
began.
5. None of the rulers of this age understood it,
for if they had, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory..."
6. Genesis 1:26 NASB
"Then God said, "Let Us make mankind in
Our image, according to Our likeness; and let
them rule over the fish of the sea and over
the birds of the sky and over the livestock
and over all the earth, and over every
crawling thing that crawls on the earth."
7. Matthew 3:16-17 NASB
"After He was baptized, Jesus came up
immediately from the water; and behold, the
heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit
of God descending as a dove and settling on
Him, and behold, a voice from the heavens
said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I
am well pleased."
8. Isaiah 9:6 NIV
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace."
9. Romans 12:3 NIV
"For by the grace given me I say to every one
of you: Do not think of yourself more highly
than you ought, but rather think of yourself
with sober judgement, in accordance with
the faith God has distributed to each of you."
10. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 NIV
"...We know that "We all possess knowledge."
But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
Those who think they know something do
not yet know as they ought to know. But
whoever loves God is known by God."
11. Ephesians 4:1-3 NASB
"Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge
you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling
with which you have been called, with all
humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another in love, being
diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace."
12. Hebrews 11:1 ESV
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped
for, the conviction of things not seen."
13. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean
not on your own understanding; in all your
ways submit to him, and he will make your
paths straight."
