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1 Corinthians 1:17-19
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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with clever speech[a], lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

Christ Crucified, 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. 19 For it is written,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
    and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Literally “wisdom of word”
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:19 A quotation from Isa 29:14
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