When I came to you. In chapter 1, Paul showed that God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense and weak, to put to shame and to destroy what the world thinks is important. To the Corinthian Christians he says: (1) the gospel is no philosophy; (2) you are no philosophers. He returns to his starting point: that Christ sent him to tell the Good News - in contrast to men's wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:17). [MUSTERION = something secret which has now been made known.] Paul explains this in 1 Corinthians 2:7-10. Long words and great learning. He did not use these on the Areopagus either (see Acts 17:22-31). Paul's style of preaching was determined by the message. His emphasis was on the fact of God's act in Christ, not on eloquence and men's wisdom.

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