Verse of the Day
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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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.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.
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, May 22
Psalm 145:18-19
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
Read all of Psalm 145 NIVWednesday, May 21
2 Samuel 7:22
"How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you."
Read all of 2 Samuel 7 NIVTuesday, May 20
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest -- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Read all of Proverbs 24 NIVMonday, May 19
1 John 4:13-15
We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIVSunday, May 18
Matthew 22:37
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
Read all of Matthew 22 NIVSaturday, May 17
Psalm 34:10
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Read all of Psalm 34 NIV
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.