¹⁰ And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

¹² And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?

⁶ Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

²² And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.

¹ And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

⁶ But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

² No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

¹ And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

² For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

³ And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

⁴ And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

¹⁰ For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.