1 Corinthians 1:17-19
Worldwide English (New Testament)
17 Christ did not send me to baptize people, but he sent me to tell the good news. I must not tell it with the clever words of this world. That would not show what the death of Christ on a cross truly means.
18 When people who are turning away from God hear about the cross, they say, `That is foolish!' But for us who are being saved, the cross is the power God uses to save us.
19 God says in the holy writings, `I will fool the wise people. I will bring to nothing the understanding of the clever people.'
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1 Corinthians 1:17-19
New International Version
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(A) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(B) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(C) to those who are perishing,(D) but to us who are being saved(E) it is the power of God.(F) 19 For it is written:
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
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