1 Corinthians 1:17 - Catholic Public Domain VersionFor Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize: not through the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ become empty. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionFor Christ (the Messiah) sent me out not to baptize but [to evangelize by] preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel), and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of force and emptied of its power and rendered vain (fruitless, void of value, and of no effect). See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void. See the chapterCommon English BibleChrist didn’t send me to baptize but to preach the good news. And Christ didn’t send me to preach the good news with clever words so that Christ’s cross won’t be emptied of its meaning. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionFor Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made void. See the chapter |