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.

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