Resolved

One of my favorite paragraphs in the New Testament is:

“And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came toyou, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you thetestimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you exceptJesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear andtrembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might notrest on human wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5).

Notice the word resolved. The KJV says determined.The definition is “to fix conclusively, decidedly, and authoritatively.”

What was this resolve? “To know nothing while I was with youexcept Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” Apparently, Paul was not into smalltalk and inane conversations.

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