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1 Corinthians 1:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Corinthians 1:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 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.(A)
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
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.(B) 19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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