This was so that your faith would be based on God’s power. Your faith would not be based on human wisdom.

叫你们的信不在乎人的智慧，只在乎神的大能。

为要使你们的信不靠着人的智慧，而是靠着上帝的大能。

为要使你们的信不靠着人的智慧，而是靠着神的大能。

好使你们的信仰不是以人的智慧为基础，而是以上帝的能力为基础。

使你们的信不是凭着人的智慧，而是凭着神的能力。

好让你们的信仰不靠人的智慧，而靠神的大能。

叫你們的信不在乎人的智慧，只在乎神的大能。

為要使你們的信不靠着人的智慧，而是靠着上帝的大能。

為要使你們的信不靠着人的智慧，而是靠着神的大能。

好使你們的信仰不是以人的智慧為基礎，而是以上帝的能力為基礎。

使你們的信不是憑著人的智慧，而是憑著神的能力。

使你們的信不是本着人的智慧，乃是本着上帝的能力。

好讓你們的信仰不靠人的智慧，而靠神的大能。

令爾之信、不在人之智、乃在上帝之能、○

令爾有信、不以人之智、惟以上帝之能、

使爾之信、非由人之智、乃由天主之能、

欲使爾等之所信、不本乎人世之智、而本乎天主之德能也。

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

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

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

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

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

that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

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

so that your faith might not be based on men’s wisdom but on God’s power.

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

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

that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Treasure is kept in clay jars. In the same way, we have the treasure of the good news in these earthly bodies of ours. That shows that the mighty power of the good news comes from God. It doesn’t come from us.

We speak the truth. We serve in the power of God. We hold the weapons of godliness in the right hand and in the left.

But he said to me,“ My grace is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So I am very happy to brag about how weak I am. Then Christ’s power can rest on me.

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.

Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to preach the good news. He commanded me not to preach with wisdom and fancy words. That would take all the power away from the cross of Christ.

One of the women listening was from the city of Thyatira. Her name was Lydia, and her business was selling purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to accept Paul’s message.