<p>2:5 <i>So that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God- </i>Paul has earlier defined &quot;the power of God&quot; as the crucified Christ (1 Cor. 1:18,24). Paul correctly perceived that a person's faith 'stands in' the message they first receive and believe. The teacher / preacher therefore has huge responsibility to teach the right thing. Real faith is not in the wisdom of men, Paul has argued, nor is it predicated upon anything other than the cross of Christ. And so he preached likewise- simply of the cross. The Greek phrase translated &quot;stand in&quot; is the closest we get in the Bible to an explanation of the substance of faith; of what faith is based in. And it is <i>not</i> in &quot;the wisdom of men&quot;, including apologetics. It is in the &quot;power of God&quot; which we have earlier defined as Christ crucified (1:18,24).</p>