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1 Corinthians 1:17-19
New English Translation
1 Corinthians 1:17-19
New English Translation
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.[a]
The Message of the Cross
18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”[b]
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- 1 Corinthians 1:17 tn Grk “would not be emptied.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 sn A quotation from Isa 29:14.
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