16 (I also baptized the family of Stephanas. But I do not remember that I myself baptized any others.)

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.

18 Christ Is God’s Power and Wisdom The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those who are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God.