1Cor 1:17 | ESV | e4.org | For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel , and not with words of eloquent wisdom , lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power .

a ch. 2:1, 4, 13; [2 Cor. 10:10; 11:6; 2 Pet. 1:16]

‏ 1 Corinthians 1:17

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and ^anot with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.