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1 Corinthians 1:15

Verse 15 of 31. The 1st of 16 chapters in 1 Corinthians, in The Letters of Paul.

11For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

12Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

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

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

15so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

16(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, 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. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.