2:1–4 Qualifications for Evangelism: 1. A witness need not have "excellency of speech or of wisdom." He should simply declare what he has seen and heard.
2. He must not get sidetracked with unnecessary details, but focus on the essentials of Christ's death on the cross.
3. He must have "weakness" (not trusting in his own strength or ability).
4. He must have "fear" (in Greek, phobos, "that which is caused by being scared").
5. He must have "much trembling" (awareness of his insufficiency).
Do you meet these qualifications? 2:5 If someone has been converted to the Christian faith by the wisdom of men, all it would take is the wisdom of unconverted men to talk him out of his faith. However, if he is transformed by the power of God, he is not solely motivated to Christianity by his intellect. The Holy Spirit has convicted him of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The motivation is the Law of God working upon