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.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Lit wisdom

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,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Lit word

13 which things we also speak, (A)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, [a]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual things for spiritual men