1 Corinthians 1:11-18

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¹¹ For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is ^(A)quarreling among you, my brothers. ¹² What I mean is that ^(B)each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow ^(C)Apollos,” or “I follow ^(D)Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” ^13 (E)Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you ^(F)baptized in the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I thank God that I baptized none of you except ^(G)Crispus and ^(H)Gaius, ¹⁵ so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶ (I did baptize also ^(I)the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) ¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and ^(J)not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(K)folly to ^(L)those who are perishing, but to us ^(M)who are being saved it is ^(N)the power of God.