1 And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 1 Corinthians 2:1
He uses a verbal participle twice in the aorist form when he is talking
about himself. It is just an event that happened. Its not a perfect so it is an act that was done. And I came. St Paul then says that he didn’t come in some sort of show. Verse two carries on with the real reason he came…
(notes)
ελθον
Verb, aor act ptc, m nom s
Κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ἦλθον οὐ καθ’ ὑπεροχὴν λόγου
and when I came (aorist partiple x2) to you brothers, I came not with the superiority
of words (ὑπεροχὴν λόγου 1 Corinthians 2:1)
ἢ σοφίας καταγγέλλων ὑμῖν τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ θεοῦ. 1 Corinthians 2:1
or (ἢ little particle) proclaiming the wisdom of God to you
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