^17 (A)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, ^(B)not in wisdom of word, so that the cross of Christ will not be made empty.

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

2 And when I came to you, brothers, I ^(A)did not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you ^(B)the ^[a]witness of God.

¹³ of which depths we also speak, ^(A)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[a]combining spiritual depths with spiritual words.