1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not to baptyse, but to preach the Gospell, not with wyssdome of wordes, lest ye crosse of Christ shulde haue bene made of none effecte.
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- 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 And I brethre, wha I came vnto you came not wt hye wordes or hye wyssdome, to shewe vnto you the preachinge of Christ.
- 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 which we also speake, not with connynge wordes of mas wyssdome, but with the conynge wordes of the holy goost, and iudge spirituall matters spiritually.
- 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge, but his bodely presence is weake, and his speache rude.
- 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 And though I be rude in speakynge, yet am I not rude in knowlege. Howbeit amoge you I am knowne to the vttemost.
- 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we folowed not deceaueable fables, whan we declared vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ: but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie,
- 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 and my worde and my preachinge was not with entysinge wordes of mans wyssdome, but in shewinge of the sprete and of power: 5 that youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyssdome of men, but in the power of God.
- John 4:2 : 2 (howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not, but his disciples)
- Acts 10:48 : 48 And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE. The prayed they him, that he wolde tary there certayne dayes.
- Acts 26:17-18 : 17 And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the, 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
- 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye, and walke not in craftines: nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth, and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God.
- 2 Cor 10:3-4 : 3 for though we walke in the flesh, yet fighte we not after a fleshly maner. 4 For the wapens of oure warre are not fleshly, but mightie before God to cast downe stroge holdes,
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- 1 Cor 1:18-258 verses82%
18 For the worde of ye crosse is foolishnesse to the that perishe but vnto vs which are saued, it is the power of God.
19 For it is wrytte: I wyl destroye the wyssdome of the wyse, & wil cast away the vnderstondinge of ye prudet.
20 Where are the wyse? Where are ye scrybes? where are ye disputers of this worlde?
21 Hath not God made the wyssdome of this worlde foolishnesse? For in so moch as the worlde by the wyssdome therof knewe not God in his wyssdome, it pleased God thorow foolish preachinge to saue them yt beleue.
22 For the Iewes requyre tokens, and the Grekes axe after wyssdome.
23 But we preach Christ the crucified: to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge, and vnto the Grekes foolishnes.
24 But vnto them that are called (both Iewes and Grekes) we preach Christ the power of God and the wyssdome off God.
25 For the foolishnes of God is wyser then men: and the weaknes of God is stroger the men.
- 1 Cor 1:12-165 verses81%
12 which euery one of you sayeth: I holde of Paul. Another, I holde of Apollo. The thirde, I holde of Cephas. The fourth, I holde off Christ.
13 Is Christ then deuyded in partes? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptysed in ye name of Paul?
14 I thanke God that I haue baptised none of you, but Crispus and Gaius:
15 lest eny shulde saye, yt I in myne awne name had baptised.
16 I baptysed also ye housholde of Stephana. Farthermore knowe I not, whether I baptysed eny other.
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1 And I brethre, wha I came vnto you came not wt hye wordes or hye wyssdome, to shewe vnto you the preachinge of Christ.
2 For I shewed not forth my selfe amonge you that I knewe eny thinge, saue onely Iesus Christ, euen the sam thate was crucified.
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14 But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
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10 Preach I men now or God? Or go I aboute to please men? Yf I shulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christ.
11 But I certifye you brethren, yt the Gospell which is preached of me, is not of men.
12 For I nether receaued it ner lerned it of ma, but by the reuelacion of Iesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 2:4-52 verses76%
4 and my worde and my preachinge was not with entysinge wordes of mans wyssdome, but in shewinge of the sprete and of power:
5 that youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyssdome of men, but in the power of God.
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18 For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede,
19 thorow the power of tokens and wonders, and thorow the power of the sprete of God, so that from Ierusale, and roude aboute vnto Illyricon, I haue fylled all with the Gospell of Christ.
20 So haue I enforced myselfe to preach ye Gospell, not where Christes name was knowne, lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion,
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16 for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude:
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15 Some (no doute) preach Christ of enuye and stryfe, but some of good wil.
16 The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes.
17 The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell.
18 What then? So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes (whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge) I reioyce therin, and wil reioyce.
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18 Wherfore the shal I be rewarded? (Namely therfore) that I preach the Gospell, and do the same frely for naughte, that I abuse not my libertye in ye Gospell.
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15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Nether wryte I therof, that it shulde be done so vnto me: for I had rather dye, the that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte.
16 For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell.
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16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ: for it is the power of God, which saueth all that beleue theron, the Iewe first & also the Greke:
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16 and preach the Gospell vnto them that dwell beyonde you, and not to reioyse in that, which is prepared with another mans measure.
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5 For we preach not or selues, but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE, and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake.
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7 Or dyd I synne therin because I submytted my selfe, that ye mighte be exalted?For I preached vnto you the Gospell of God frely,
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23 Bvt I call God to recorde vnto my soule, that to fauoure you withall I came not agayne vnto Corinthum.
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11 Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision, why do I suffre persecucion? then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed.
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21 I cast not awaye the grace of God. For yf righteousnes come by the lawe, then dyed Christ in vayne.
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11 Now whether it be I or they, thus haue we preached, and thus haue ye beleued.
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6 I maruell yt ye are so soone turned (from him that called you in the grace of Christ) vnto another Gospell:
7 which is nothinge els, but that there be some, which trouble you, and intende to peruerte the Gospell of Christ.
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1 I declare vnto you brethren, the Gospell that I haue preached vnto you (which ye haue also accepted, and in the which ye stode,
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30 Of the same are ye also in Christ Iesu, which of God is made vnto vs wyssdome and righteousnes, and sanctifienge and redepcion,
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8 I baptyse you with water, but he shal baptyse you with the holy goost.
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5 for oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde onely, but both in power and in the holy goost, and in moch certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were amonge you for youre sakes.
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17 That I speake now, that speake I not after the LORDE, but as it were in folishnes, whyle we are now come to boastinge:
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4 For whan one sayeth: I holde of Paul: another, I holde of Apollo, are ye not the fleshlye?
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6 These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson & in Apollos for youre sakes, that ye mighte lerne by vs, that noman counte hygher of him self, then aboue is wrytten, that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause.
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31 and I knewe him not: but that he shulde be declared in Israel, therfore am I come to baptyse with water.