^17 (A)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, ^(B)not in wisdom of word, so that the cross of Christ will not be made empty.

⁴ and my word and my preaching were ^(A)not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(B)the Spirit and of power,

¹³ of which depths we also speak, ^(A)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[a]combining spiritual depths with spiritual words.