^17 (A)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^(B)not in ^[a]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

2 And when I came to you, brethren, I ^(A)did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you ^(B)the ^[a]testimony of God.

⁴ and my ^[a]message and my preaching were ^(A)not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(B)the Spirit and of power,