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was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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I thank God that I baptized
none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
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Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
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And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
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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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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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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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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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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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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
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But
we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
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But
unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of
God.
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Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger
than men.
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For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble,
are called:
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But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world
to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty;
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And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen,
yea,
and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
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That no flesh should glory in
his presence.
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But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
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That, according as it is written, He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.
CHAPTER CORINTHIANS 2
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring
unto you the testimony of God.
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For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified.
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And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
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And my speech and my preaching
was
not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
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That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,
but in the power of God.
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Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the
wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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But we speak the
wisdom of God in a mystery,
even
the hidden
wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto
our glory:
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Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known
it,
they would not
have crucified the Lord of glory.
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But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
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But God hath revealed
them
unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
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