¹⁷ For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

¹³ And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

¹ And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

¹⁶ For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

⁶ But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

¹⁰ For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

⁴ And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

⁵ So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

² (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

³ For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

⁴ (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

² And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

¹⁷ And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

¹⁸ To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

⁴⁸ And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.