When I came to you, brothers, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
—1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Let me know nothing, Lord, but you,
and let me know you crucified,
to look on all things through your wounds
and see the world then by your light.

So shine on all the feeble, weak,
that weakness is made glorious,
as if a crown for heaven's king
were burning here in mortal dust.

And show me folly through your lens—
refocus my own world-wise eyes
to see the wisdom that upends
and lifts the trampled to the skies;

to see their outstretched, empty hands
as treasures more than what they hold—
as earthen vessels ready stand
to catch where mercy's overflowed;

to know the one who stumbles now
is sharing in your burden, Lord,
for we all falter, falling down
beneath the very weight you bore.

My savior, show me what is true,
that you will raise the felled and marred.
Let me know always, only you,
and know you everywhere you are.

Amphorae stacking: reconstruction of how amphorae might have been stacked on a galley. (Now in Bodrum Castle, Turkey). A galley (from Greek γαλέα galea) is an ancient ship which is entirely propelled by human oarsmen. By Ad Meskens – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5661567