17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (A)not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(A) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(B) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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Christ Crucified

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the [a]testimony of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 NU mystery

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [a]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:13 NU omits Holy

13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(A) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual

The Trustworthy Prophetic Word(A)

16 For we did not follow (B)cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the (C)power and (D)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were (E)eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,(A) but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.(B)

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10 “For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but (A)his bodily presence is weak, and his (B)speech contemptible.”

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10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive(A) and his speaking amounts to nothing.”(B)

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But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor [a]handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth (A)commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:2 adulterating the word of God

Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;(A) we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.(B) On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience(C) in the sight of God.

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And my speech and my preaching (A)were not with persuasive words of [a]human wisdom, (B)but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the (C)power of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:4 NU omits human

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(A) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(B) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(C)

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(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),

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although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.

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Even though (A)I am untrained in speech, yet I am not (B)in knowledge. But (C)we have [a]been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:6 NU omits been

I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,(A) but I do have knowledge.(B) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.

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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. (A)For the weapons (B)of our warfare are not [a]carnal but (C)mighty in God (D)for pulling down strongholds,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:4 of the flesh

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.(A) The weapons we fight with(B) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(C) to demolish strongholds.(D)

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17 I will [a]deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, (A)to whom I [b]now send you, 18 (B)to open their eyes, in order (C)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (D)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (E)an inheritance among those who are (F)sanctified[c] by faith in Me.’

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  1. Acts 26:17 rescue
  2. Acts 26:17 NU, M omit now
  3. Acts 26:18 set apart

17 I will rescue you(A) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(B) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(C) and turn them from darkness to light,(D) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(E) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(F)

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48 (A)And he commanded them to be baptized (B)in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.

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48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.(A) Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

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