1 Corinthians 2:5

Amplified Bible

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom and rhetoric of men, but on the power of God.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I did this so that your faith would be in God's power, not in human wisdom.

Revised Standard Version
that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
that youre fayth shuld not stonde in ye wysdome of me but in yt power of God.

Hebrew Names Version
that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

International Standard Version
so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on God's power.2 Corinthians 4:7; 6:7;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of mankind, but on the power of God.

New Century Version
This was so that your faith would be in God's power and not in human wisdom.

Update Bible Version
that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

English Standard Version
so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

World English Bible
that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
so that your trust might rest not on the wisdom of man but on the power of God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that youre feith be not in the wisdom of men, but in the vertu of God.

English Revised Version
that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Berean Standard Bible
so that your faith would not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

Contemporary English Version
That way you would have faith because of God's power and not because of human wisdom.

American Standard Version
that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Bible in Basic English
So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that your trust might not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

Darby Translation
that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

Etheridge Translation
that your faith might not be through the wisdom of men, but through the power of Aloha.

Murdock Translation
that your faith might not arise from the wisdom of men, but from the power of God.

King James Version (1611)
That your faith should not stand in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God.

New Living Translation
I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

New Life Bible
In this way, you do not have faith in Christ because of the wisdom of men. You have faith in Christ because of the power of God.

New Revised Standard
so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
That your faith should not be in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God.

George Lamsa Translation
So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In order that, your faith, might not be in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.

Good News Translation
Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

Christian Standard Bible®
so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.

King James Version
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Lexham English Bible
in order that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Literal Translation
that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Young's Literal Translation
that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyssdome of men, but in the power of God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
that your faith might not be owing to human wisdom, but to the divine influence.

New English Translation
so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

New King James Version
that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Simplified Cowboy Version
God wanted it like this because he wants you to trust in his abilities, not in men's words.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Contextual Overview

¹And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming to you the testimony of God [concerning salvation through Christ], I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom [no lofty words of eloquence or of philosophy as a Greek orator might do]; ²for I made the decision to know nothing [that is, to forego philosophical or theological discussions regarding inconsequential things and opinions while] among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified [and the meaning of His redemptive, substitutionary death and His resurrection]. ³I came to you in [a state of] weakness and fear and great trembling. ⁴And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom [using clever rhetoric], but [they were delivered] in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit [operating through me] and of [His] power [stirring the minds of the listeners and persuading them], ⁵so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom and rhetoric of men, but on the power of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stand: Gr. be

but: 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 3:6, Acts 16:14, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 6:7

Reciprocal: Judges 7:2 - too many Zechariah 4:6 - Not Mark 16:20 - the Lord Luke 4:32 - General John 4:41 - because 2 Corinthians 1:12 - not 2 Corinthians 10:4 - mighty Colossians 4:4 - as 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - but 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - not

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.

Genesis 2:11
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is good; bdellium (a fragrant, valuable resin) and the onyx stone are found there.

Genesis 3:23
therefore the LORD God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:2
And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.

Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."

Job 5:10
"He gives rain upon the earth And sends waters upon the fields,

Psalms 104:14
He causes grass to grow for the cattle, And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man, So that he may bring food from the earth—

Psalms 135:7
Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;

Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That your faith should not stand,.... "Or be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God". The Spirit of God directed him, and he under his influence chose, and by his assistance pursued this way of preaching, with this view, and for this reason, that faith in Christ, and in the doctrines of his Gospel, which comes by hearing, might not be attributed to the force of human eloquence and oratory; or stand upon so sandy a foundation, as that which might, if that was the case, be puffed away by a superior flow and force of words; but that it might be ascribed, as it ought to be, to almighty power, stand in it, be supported by it, and at last be finished and fulfilled with it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That your faith - That is, that your belief of the divine origin of the Christian religion.

Should not stand - Greek, “should not be;” that is, should not rest upon this; or be sustained by this. God intended to furnish you a firm and solid demonstration that the religion which you embraced was from Him; and this could not be if its preaching had been attended with the graces of eloquence, or the abstractions of refined metaphysical reasoning. It would then appear to rest upon human wisdom.

In the power of God - In the evidence of divine power accompanying the preaching of the gospel. The power of God would attend the exhibition of truth everywhere; and would be a demonstration that would be irresistible that the religion was not originated by man, but was from heaven. That power was seen in changing the heart; in overcoming the strong propensities of our nature to sin; in subduing the soul; and making the sinner a new creature in Christ Jesus. Every Christian has thus, in his own experience, furnished demonstration that the religion which he loves is from God, and not from man. man could not subdue these sins; and man could not so entirely transform the soul. And although the unlearned Christian may not be able to investigate all the evidences of religion; although he cannot meet all the objections of cunning and subtle infidels, although he may be greatly perplexed and embarrassed by them, yet he may have the fullest proof that he loves God, that he is different from what he once was; and that all this has been accomplished by the religion of the cross.

The blind man that was made to see by the Saviour John 10:0, might have been wholly unable to tell how his eyes were opened, and unable to meet all the cavils of those who might doubt it, or all the subtle and cunning objections of physiologists, but of one thing he certainly could not doubt, that “whereas he was blind, he then saw;” John 10:25. A man may have no doubt that the sun shines, that the wind blows, that the tides rise, that the blood flows in his veins, that the flowers bloom, and that this could not be except it was from God, while he may have no power to explain these facts; and no power to meet the objections and cavils of those who might choose to embarrass him. So people may know that their hearts are changed; and it is on this ground that no small part of the Christian world, as in everything else, depend for the most satisfactory evidence of their religion. On this ground humble and unlearned Christians have been often willing to go to the stake as martyrs - just as a humble and unlearned patriot is willing to die for his country. He loves it; and he is willing to die for it. A Christian loves his God and Saviour; and is willing to die for his sake.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 2:5. That your faith should not stand — That the illumination of your souls and your conversion to God might appear to have nothing human in it: your belief, therefore, of the truths which have been proposed to you is founded, not in human wisdom, but in Divine power: human wisdom was not employed; and human power, if it had been employed, could not have produced the change.