1 Corinthians 1:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For Christe sent me not to baptize, but to preache the Gospell: not with wisedome of wordes, lest ye crosse of Christ shoulde be made of none effect.

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  • 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 And I brethren, when I came to you, came not in gloriousnesse of wordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.
  • 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 But though I be rude in speakyng, yet not in knowledge, but in all thynges among you, we haue ben well knowen to the vtmost.
  • 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie:
  • 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome, but in shewyng of the spirite, and of power: 5 That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.
  • John 4:2 : 2 (Though that Iesus hym selfe baptized not, but his disciples:)
  • Acts 10:48 : 48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delyueryng thee from the people, and from the gentiles, vnto whom nowe I sende thee, 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.
  • 2 Cor 10:3-4 : 3 For though we walke in the fleshe, yet we do not warre according to ye flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes,

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  • 1 Cor 1:18-25
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    18For the preachyng of the crosse, is to them that perishe foolishnesse: but vnto vs which are saued, it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, I wyll destroye the wisedome of the wyse, and wyll cast away the vnderstandyng of the prudent.

    20Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?

    21For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God, in the wisedome of God: it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue.

    22For the Iewes require a signe, & the Grekes seke after wisedome:

    23But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse:

    24But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God.

    25For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men.

  • 1 Cor 1:12-16
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    12Nowe this I saye, that euery one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I am of Apollo, and I am of Cephas, and I am of Christe.

    13Is Christe deuided? was Paul crucified for you? eyther were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

    14I thanke God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius:

    15Lest any shoulde say, that I had baptized in myne owne name.

    16I baptized also the housholde of Stephana: Furthermore knowe I not whether I baptized any other.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And I brethren, when I came to you, came not in gloriousnesse of wordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.

    2For I esteemed not to knowe any thyng among you saue Iesus Christe, and hym crucified.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe, wherby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.

  • Gal 1:10-12
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    10Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe.

    11I certifie you brethren, that the Gospell which was preached of me, was not after man.

    12For I neither receaued it of man, neither was I taught it but by the reuelation of Iesus Christe.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-5
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    4And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome, but in shewyng of the spirite, and of power:

    5That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.

  • Rom 15:18-20
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    18For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede,

    19In myghtie signes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem, & the coastes rounde about, vnto Illyricum, I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe.

    20So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell, not where Christe was named, lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation.

  • Gal 1:16
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    16To reueale his sonne by me, that I shoulde by the Gospell preache hym among the Heathen: immediatly I communed not with fleshe and blood:

  • Phil 1:15-18
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    15Some preache Christe of enuie & strife, and some of good wyll.

    16The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes:

    17But the others of loue, knowing that I am set to the defence of the Gospell.

    18What then? So that Christe be preached any maner of way, whether it be by pretence, or by trueth, I ioy therein, and wyll ioy.

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18What is my reward then? Uerily that when I preache the Gospell, I make the Gospell of Christ free, that I misuse not myne aucthoritie in the Gospell.

  • 1 Cor 9:15-16
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    15But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

    16For if I preache the Gospell, I haue nothyng to reioyce of: for necessitie is layde vpon me. But wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospell.

  • Rom 1:16
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    16For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ, because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue, to the Iewe first, and also to the Greke.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16And that I shall preache the Gospell, in those regions which are beyonde you: and not to glorie of those thynges, which by another mans measure are prepared alredy.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Dyd I sinne because I submitted my selfe, that ye myght be exalted, & because I preached to you the Gospell of God freely?

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.

  • Gal 5:11
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    11And brethren, if I yet preache circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Therfore, whether it were I or they, so we preache, and so haue ye beleued.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6I maruayle, that ye are so soone turned from him that had called you in the grace of Christe, vnto another Gospell:

    7Which is not another Gospel but that there be some which trouble you, and intende to peruert the Gospel of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 15:1
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    1Moreouer brethren I declare vnto you, the Gospell which I preached vnto you, which also ye haue receaued, and wherin ye cotinue,

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30And of hym are ye in Christe Iesu, whiche of God is made vnto vs wisedome, and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption:

  • Mark 1:8
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    8I haue baptized you with water: but he shal baptize you with the holy ghost.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 11:17
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    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.

  • 1 Cor 3:4
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    4For whyle one sayth, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall?

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6And these thynges brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe, and to Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written, that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause.

  • John 1:31
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    31And I knewe hym not: but that he shoulde be declared to Israel, therfore am I come, baptizing with water.