¹⁰Brothers and sisters, I encourage all of you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to agree with each other and not to split into opposing groups. I want you to be united in your understanding and opinions. ¹¹Brothers and sisters, some people from Chloe’s family have made it clear to me that you are quarreling among yourselves. ¹²This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,”^bor “I follow Christ.” ¹³Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in Paul’s name? ¹⁴I thank God that^cI didn’t baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius ¹⁵so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶I also baptized Stephanas and his family. Beyond that, I’m not sure whether I baptized anyone else. ¹⁷Christ didn’t send me to baptize. Instead, he sent me to spread the Good News. I didn’t use intellectual arguments. That would have made the cross of Christ lose its meaning.

¹⁸The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

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1 Corinthians 1:17: For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Footnotes

b 1:12 Cephas is the Aramaic name for the Apostle Peter.
c 1:14 A few of the older manuscripts read “I am thankful that.”