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1 Corinthians 2:1,2
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God…

Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jewsthat Jesuswas Christ.

Acts 20:21,24
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ…

was.

Mark 16:20
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working withthem, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Acts 11:17,21
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift ashe did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? …

Romans 15:19
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

was confirmed in you
The confirmation of the testimony in the Corinthians is evidenced by the spiritual gifts and transformation in their lives (1 Corinthians 1:7,2 Corinthians 5:17). This confirmation is both an internal witness of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:16) and an external manifestation of changed lives and spiritual gifts (Galatians 5:22-23). The word "confirmed" suggests a process of validation and strengthening, indicating that the Corinthians' faith was not based on mere words but on the power of God (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). This transformation serves as a testament to the truth of the Gospel and the work of the Holy Spirit in the believers' lives, fulfilling the promise of Jesus that His followers would do greater works (John 14:12).

Paul opens 1 Corinthians with thanks that believers in Corinth “have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge” (1 Corinthians 1:5). He reminds them that the grace of God evident in their lives validates the gospel he preached.Acts 18:1-11 records how Paul first delivered that gospel in Corinth; God told him, “I have many people in this city,” and Paul stayed eighteen months teaching the word (v. 11). By the time he writes this letter, their transformed lives stand as living proof that “the message of the cross…is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).

• Paul’s “testimony” is the simple, historical proclamation that “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures…was buried…was raised on the third day” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).

• He insists that he and his co-workers “did not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord” (2 Corinthians 4:5).

• From the start, he presented the gospel “in weakness and in fear” so that faith would rest “not on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5).

Cross references within this section—Romans 1:16;1 Thessalonians 2:3-4—underline that Paul viewed his own message as God’s unchanging, authoritative truth.

“Confirmed” means established as true, proven beyond doubt by evidence. How did that happen in Corinth?

• Their conversion: Pagans turned from idols “to serve the living and true God” (1 Thessalonians 1:9).

• Spiritual gifts: Paul observes, “you do not lack any spiritual gift” (1 Corinthians 1:7). The miraculous operation of those gifts authenticated the gospel (Hebrews 2:3-4).

• Perseverance under pressure: “You stand firm in the faith” (1 Corinthians 16:13), demonstrating a reality that mere words could never engineer.

These visible, measurable changes showed that the gospel Paul preached was God’s own work; what he testified about Christ had taken root and borne fruit.

• The same gospel remains the sole standard. Any message that alters it is “a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all” (Galatians 1:6-9).

• Evidence still matters. Genuine conversion manifests in new desires, obedience, and love (John 14:15;1 John 3:14).

• Spiritual gifts continue to confirm the gospel’s power when exercised biblically and lovingly (1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 14:26, 40).

• Every believer is a living letter “known and read by everyone” (2 Corinthians 3:2-3). The credibility of our witness rises or falls on whether Christ is being formed in us (Galatians 4:19).

In1 Corinthians 1:6 Paul reminds the Corinthians that the undeniable transformation God worked in them certified the truth of the gospel he proclaimed. Their changed lives, spiritual gifts, and steadfast faith put God’s seal of authenticity on Paul’s message. The church today inherits the same calling: to let Christ’s power be visibly “confirmed” in us, so the world sees that the testimony about Jesus remains true, living, and undefeatable.