Or as he put it, “…I am unskilled in speech…”īut even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things (2 Corinthians 11:6)Īlthough he acknowledged that he is vast and skilled in knowledge, Paul told the Corinthian church that he was “unskilled in speech.” Unskilled in speechĭespite all these, Paul admitted in one of his Epistles that he was not a skilled speaker. That he was very persuasive in his writings is pretty obvious in the way he marshalled his points in the various Epistles penned by him and the many arguments and counter-arguments he had to be engaged in for the advancement of the gospel. You could easily be excused if you pass Apostle Paul as a very eloquent person – a man who is very “fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.” You might think so, but what he said about himself concerning that question may shock you. It is obvious therefore that there are many fantastic things we can say about Apostle Paul. As a man highly schooled in Judaism, He had a good grasp of law and history as well.Ĭoupled with the uncommon revelations he received directly from the Lord Jesus Himself, no one could parallel him in the most accurate communication of the gospel of Christ. Paul knew his way through any kind of argument. Many people will agree that he was a man of high intellect, he was knowledgeable, passionate about the course of the gospel, and full of divine revelation. 1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.ĢFor I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.ģAnd I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.ĤAnd my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:ĥThat your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.ĦHowbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:ħBut we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:ĨWhich none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.ĩBut as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.ġ0But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.ġ1For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.ġ2Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.ġ3Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things with spiritual.ġ4But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.ġ5But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.ġ6For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.How much do you know about Apostle Paul of the New Testament? Was he an eloquent speaker?
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