1 Corinthians 1:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel—and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony of God to you with superior speech or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:13

And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For someone says, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

John 4:2

(although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized),

2 Corinthians 11:6

Even if I am untrained in speech, I certainly am not with respect to knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you.

Acts 10:48

So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.

John 4:1

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John”

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.