^17 (A)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^(B)not in ^[a]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

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

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