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1 Corinthians 1:17

For 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.

KJV

οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλέν με Χριστὸς βαπτίζειν ἀλλὰ εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου, ἵνα μὴ κενωθῇ ὁ σταυρὸς τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Greek NT

Non enim misit me Christus baptizare, sed evangelizare : non in sapientia verbi, ut non evacuetur crux Christi.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

For 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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εὐαγγελίζω
euaggelizo
verb · 54×
κενόω
kenoo
verb · 5×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
σοφία
sophia
noun · 51×
σταυρός
stauros
noun · 27×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:1 — And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
  • 1Cor 2:1 — And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
  • 1Cor 2:4 — And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
  • 1Cor 2:4 — And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
  • 1Cor 2:5 — That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
  • 1Cor 2:13 — Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
  • 1Cor 2:13 — Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
  • 2Cor 4:2 — But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc
  • 2Cor 10:3 — For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
  • 2Cor 10:10 — For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
  • 2Cor 10:10 — For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
  • 2Cor 11:6 — But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
  • 2Cor 11:6 — But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
  • 2Pet 1:16 — For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
  • 2Pet 1:16 — For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
  • Acts 10:48 — And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
  • Acts 26:17 — Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
  • Gal 3:17 — And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
  • John 4:2 — (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
  • Judg 3:31 — And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.