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

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ did not send me [as an apostle] to baptize, but [commissioned and empowered me] to preach the good news [of salvation]—not with clever and eloquent speech [as an orator], so that the cross of Christ would not be[2] made ineffective [deprived of its saving power].

1 Corinthians 1

17 For 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).

1 Corinthians 1

17 Christ did not send me to baptize people, but he sent me to tell the good news. I must not tell it with the clever words of this world. That would not show what the death of Christ on a cross truly means.

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ didn't send me out to baptize, but to spread the good news, and not with eloquent human wisdom, otherwise the cross of Christ would be made powerless.[1]

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Moshiach [Messiah] sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel (joyful message): not with wisdom of words, lest the stake (cross) of Moshiach [Messiah] should be made of none effect.

1 Corinthians 1

17 [29]For CHRIST sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel, [30]not with wisdom of words, lest the [31]cross of Christ should be made of none effect.[32]ⓘ

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with [20]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

1 Corinthians 1

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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.

1 Corinthians 1

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