Verse of the Day

Friday, February 9, 2024

1 Corinthians 2:2 NIV

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

The Message

I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did - Jesus crucified.

New King James Version

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

New Living Translation

For I decided to concentrate only on Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

(Read 1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

Christ, in his person, and offices, and sufferings, is the sum and substance of the gospel, and ought to be the great subject of a gospel minister's preaching, but not so as to leave out other parts of God's revealed truth and will. Paul preached the whole counsel of God. Few know the fear and trembling of faithful ministers, from a deep sense of their own weakness They know how insufficient they are, and are fearful for themselves. When nothing but Christ crucified is plainly preached, the success must be entirely from Divine power accompanying the word, and thus men are brought to believe, to the salvation of their souls.


1 Corinthians 2:2 In-Context

1 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.Some manuscripts "proclaimed to you God's mystery"

2 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.

4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.


This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Thursday, February 08

Matthew 7:1

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged."

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Wednesday, February 07

1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

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Tuesday, February 06

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Monday, February 05

Hebrews 12:11

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

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Sunday, February 04

James 4:4

You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Read all of James 4 NIV

Saturday, February 03

Zechariah 4:6

He said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty."

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Friday, February 02

Deuteronomy 15:7-8

If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.

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