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16 (我还为司提反家的人施过洗礼,此外我不记得曾给其他人施过洗。) 17 因为基督不是派我来施洗的,而是派我来传福音的。我不是用尘世的智慧来传教,免得使基督的十字架失去力量。

基督表现出上帝的力量与智慧

18 十字架的教导对那些趋于毁灭的人来说是愚蠢的,但是,对于那些得救的人来说,却是上帝的力量。

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16 I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Aside from those I do not know if I baptized anyone else.)

17 The Message of the Cross and Human Wisdom.[a] For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel—and to do so without words of human wisdom lest the cross of Christ be devoid of its meaning. 18 Indeed, the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:17 The most beautiful construction of the human spirit cannot by itself bring salvation to the human race. This section does not oppose faith and philosophy to one another. It affirms above all that people are saved not by an intellectual theory but by God’s intervention in Jesus Christ. Faith does not consist in an ideology.

16 (Yes, I also baptized the household(A) of Stephanas;(B) beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(C) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(D) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(E) to those who are perishing,(F) but to us who are being saved(G) it is the power of God.(H)

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