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1 Corinthians 1:17 The Emphatic Diaglott EDW (NT) | 100 Bible versions Compare

1 Corinthians 1

17 Not for sent me Anointed to dip, but to announce glad tidings; not in wisdom of speech, so that not may be of no effect the cross of the Anointed.

1 Corinthians 1

17 Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.

1 Corinthians 1

17 [7] For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, [8] so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning. [AJ]

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but — to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the stake of Christ should be made void.

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News — not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Messiah wouldn’t be made void.

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Messiah wouldn’t be made void.

1 Corinthians 1

17 For the Messiah did not send me to immerse but to proclaim the Good News — and to do it without relying on “wisdom” that consists of mere rhetoric, so as not to rob the Messiah’s execution-stake of its power.

1 Corinthians 1

17 Christ did not give me the work of baptizing people. He gave me the work of preaching the Good News, and he sent me to preach the Good News without using words of worldly wisdom. If I used worldly wisdom to tell the Good News, the cross of Christ would lose its power.