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

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

4 And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.

4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

4 My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with proof of the power that the Spirit gives.

4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

4 and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

4 I didn’t speak my message with persuasive intellectual arguments. I spoke my message with a show of spiritual power

4 My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit,

4 My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

4 and my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasiveness of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power,

4 I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. As I preached, the Holy Spirit showed his power.

4 and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,