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

For 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.

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

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

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

so that your faith would not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom-but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone's judgment.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly-as infants in Christ.

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.