³⁸ Peter said to them, “^(A)Repent, and each of you be ^(B)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ (For He had ^(A)not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been ^(B)baptized ^[a]in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

³ Or do you not know that all of us who have been ^(A)baptized into ^(B)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

^13 [a]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you ^(A)baptized ^[b]in the name of Paul?

¹⁵ so that no one would say you were baptized ^[a]in my name! ¹⁶ But I did baptize the ^(A)household of Stephanas also; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else. ^17 (B)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^(C)not with ^[b]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

The Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(D)foolishness to ^(E)those who ^[c]are perishing, but to us who ^[d]are being saved it is ^(F)the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written:

^20 (H)Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of ^(I)this age? Has God not ^(J)made foolish the wisdom of ^(K)the world? ²¹ For since in the wisdom of God ^(L)the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, ^(M)God ^[e]was pleased through the ^(N)foolishness of the ^[f]message preached to ^(O)save those who believe. ²² For indeed ^(P)Jews ask for ^[g]signs and Greeks search for wisdom; ²³ but we preach ^[h](Q)Christ crucified, ^(R)to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles ^(S)foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are ^(T)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(U)the power of God and ^(V)the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the ^(W)foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and ^(X)the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.

²⁶ For ^[i]consider your ^(Y)calling, brothers and sisters, that there were ^(Z)not many wise according to ^[j]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; ²⁷ but ^(AA)God has chosen the foolish things of ^(AB)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of ^(AC)the world to shame the things which are strong, ²⁸ and the ^[k]insignificant things of ^(AD)the world and the despised God has chosen, ^(AE)the things that are not, so that He may ^(AF)nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that ^(AG)no ^[l]human may boast before God. ³⁰ But it is ^[m]due to Him that you are in ^(AH)Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(AI)wisdom from God, ^[n]and ^(AJ)righteousness and ^(AK)sanctification, and ^(AL)redemption, ³¹ so that, just as it is written: “^(AM)Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

²⁷ For all of you who were ^(A)baptized into Christ have ^(B)clothed yourselves with Christ.