1 Corinthians 1:17

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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

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  • 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superior speech or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit—explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this clear to you in every way and in all things.
  • 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
  • 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 My message and my preaching were not based on persuasive words of human wisdom but on a demonstration of the Spirit and of power. 5 So that your faith would not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.
  • John 4:2 : 2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
  • Acts 10:48 : 48 So he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
  • 2 Cor 10:3-4 : 3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. 4 The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they are powerful through God for the destruction of strongholds. We demolish arguments

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 1:18-25
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    18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'

    20Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

    21For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

    22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

    23But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,

    24But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

    25For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

  • 1 Cor 1:12-16
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    12What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul,' another, 'I follow Apollos,' another, 'I follow Cephas,' and still another, 'I follow Christ.'

    13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

    14I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

    15So that no one can say that you were baptized in my name.

    16I also baptized the household of Stephanas; apart from that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superior speech or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony of God.

    2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • Gal 1:10-12
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    10For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.

    12For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-5
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    4My message and my preaching were not based on persuasive words of human wisdom but on a demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

    5So that your faith would not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

  • Rom 15:18-20
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    18I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.

    19By the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

    20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

  • Gal 1:16
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    16to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

  • Phil 1:15-18
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    15It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

    16The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.

    17The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.

    18What does it matter? Regardless, in every way—whether from false motives or in truth—Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 9:15-16
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    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

    16For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to do so. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

  • Rom 1:16
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    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23I call God as my witness and stake my life on it: it was to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

  • Gal 5:11
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    11Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel—

    7not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:1
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    1Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, which you also received and in which you stand.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  • Mark 1:8
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    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5Because our gospel came to you not only in words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. As you know, we lived among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 11:17
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    17What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.

  • 1 Cor 3:4
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    4For when someone says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not acting like mere humans?

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

  • John 1:31
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    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.