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For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
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Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ."
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Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
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I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
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lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.
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Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And 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 age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.