38 Peter said to them, “(A)Repent, and each of you be (B)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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16 (For He had (A)not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been (B)baptized [a]in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

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  1. Acts 8:16 Lit into

Or do you not know that all of us who have been (A)baptized into (B)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

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13 [a]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you (A)baptized [b]in the name of Paul?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Or Christ has been divided! or Christ is divided!
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Lit into

15 so that no one would say you were baptized [a]in my name! 16 But I did baptize the (A)household of Stephanas also; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else. 17 (B)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (C)not with [b]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

The Wisdom of God

18 For the word of the cross is (D)foolishness to (E)those who [c]are perishing, but to us who [d]are being saved it is (F)the power of God. 19 For it is written:

(G)I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.”

20 (H)Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of (I)this age? Has God not (J)made foolish the wisdom of (K)the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God (L)the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, (M)God [e]was pleased through the (N)foolishness of the [f]message preached to (O)save those who believe. 22 For indeed (P)Jews ask for [g]signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach [h](Q)Christ crucified, (R)to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles (S)foolishness, 24 but to those who are (T)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ (U)the power of God and (V)the wisdom of God. 25 For the (W)foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and (X)the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.

26 For [i]consider your (Y)calling, brothers and sisters, that there were (Z)not many wise according to [j]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but (AA)God has chosen the foolish things of (AB)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of (AC)the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and the [k]insignificant things of (AD)the world and the despised God has chosen, (AE)the things that are not, so that He may (AF)nullify the things that are, 29 so that (AG)no [l]human may boast before God. 30 But it is [m]due to Him that you are in (AH)Christ Jesus, who became to us (AI)wisdom from God, [n]and (AJ)righteousness and (AK)sanctification, and (AL)redemption, 31 so that, just as it is written: “(AM)Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:15 Lit into
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:17 I.e., persuasive rhetoric
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Or resolved
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Lit preaching
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Or confirming miracles
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:23 I.e., the Messiah
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e., human standards
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Or lowly
  12. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh
  13. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit from Him
  14. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both

27 For all of you who were (A)baptized into Christ have (B)clothed yourselves with Christ.

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