^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.

⁴ and my word and my preaching were ^(A)not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(B)the Spirit and of power,