1 Corinthians 1:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.

Christ the Power and the Wisdom of God

¹⁸For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power. ¹⁹^(A)The scripture says,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and set aside the understanding of the scholars.”

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