The Righteous Will Live by Faith

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^[a](A) because it is God’s power for salvation^(B) to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,^(C) and also to the Greek.^(D)

¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross^(A) of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.^(B)