1 Corinthians 1:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ For the Messiah^[a] did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of the Messiah^[b] won’t be emptied of its power.

The Messiah is God’s Power and Wisdom

¹⁸ For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved. ¹⁹ For it is written,