1 Corinthians 2:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 2:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:4
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
1 Corinthians 4:10-13
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. …
2 Corinthians 12:5-10
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. …
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. …

Topics

Agency Decision Fasting Gentleness Graces Humiliation and Self-Affliction Humility Ignorance

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

In this passage the apostle pursues his design, and reminds the Corinthians how he acted when he first preached the gospel among them. I. As to the matter or subject he tell us (1 Cor. 2:2), He determined to know nothing among them but Jesus Christ and him crucified —to make a show of no other knowledge than this, to preach nothing, to discover the knowledge of nothing, but Jesus Christ, and him c…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. I--the preacher: as 1Co 2:2 describes the subject, “Christ crucified,” and 1Co 2:4 the mode of preaching: “my speech ... not with enticing words,” “but in demonstration of the Spirit.” weakness--personal and bodily (2Co 10:10; 12:7, 9; Ga 4:13). trembling--(compare Php 2:12). Not personal fear, but a trembling anxiety to perform a duty; anxious conscientiousness, as proved by the contrast to “e…