1 Corinthians 1:11-25
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11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
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12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
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13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
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15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
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16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
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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.
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18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
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23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
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24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.